Sec. 80.1185  Supplemental eligibility for mobile-satellite stations.

    Stations in the maritime mobile-satellite service must meet the 
eligibility requirements contained in this section.
    (a) A station license for a ship earth station may be issued to:
    (1) The owner or operator of a ship.
    (2) A corporation proposing to furnish a nonprofit radio 
communication service to its parent corporation, to another subsidiary 
of the same parent, or to its own subsidiary, where the party to be 
served is the owner or operator of

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the ship aboard which the ship earth station is to be installed and 
operated.
    (b) A station license for a portable ship earth station may be 
issued to the owner or operator of portable earth station equipment 
proposing to furnish satellite communication services on board more than 
one ship or fixed offshore platform located in the marine environment.
[ 52 FR 27003 , July 17, 1987, as amended at  54 FR 49995 , Dec. 4, 1989]