Sec.  25.140   Qualifications of fixed-satellite space station licensees.

   (a) New fixed-satellites shall comply with the requirements established in
   Report and Order, CC Docket No. 81–704 (available at address in  Sec. 0.445 of
   this chapter.) Applications must also meet the requirements in paragraphs
   (b) through (d) of this section. The Commission may require additional or
   different information in the case of any individual application.
   Applications will be unacceptable for filing and will be returned to the
   applicant if they do not meet the requirements referred to in this
   paragraph.

   (b) Each applicant for a space station authorization in the fixed-satellite
   service must demonstrate, on the basis of the documentation contained in its
   application, that it is legally, technically, and otherwise qualified to
   proceed expeditiously with the construction, launch and/or operation of each
   proposed space station facility immediately upon grant of the requested
   authorization. Each applicant must provide the following information:

   (1) The information specified in  Sec. 25.114; and

   (2) An interference analysis to demonstrate the compatibility of its
   proposed system 2 degrees from any authorized space station. An applicant
   should provide details of its proposed r.f. carriers which it believes
   should be taken into account in this analysis. At a minimum, the applicant
   must include, for each type of r.f. carrier, the link noise budget,
   modulation parameters, and overall link performance analysis. (See, e.g.,
   appendices B and C to Licensing of Space Stations in the Domestic
   Fixed-Satellite Service (available at address in  Sec. 0.445)).

   (c)–(g) [Reserved]

   [ 62 FR 5929 , Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at  68 FR 51504 , Aug. 27, 2003]