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FCC 25.113
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 25.113 Station licenses and launch authority.
(a) Construction permits are not required for satellite earth stations.
Construction of such stations may commence prior to grant of a license
at the applicant's own risk. Applicants must comply with the provisions
of 47 CFR 1.1312 relating to environmental processing prior to
commencing construction.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) FAA notification. Before the construction of new antenna structures
or alteration in the height of existing antenna structures is
authorized by the FCC, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
determination of "no hazard" may be required. To apply for this
determination, the FAA must be notified of the planned construction.
Criteria used to determine whether FAA notification is required for a
particular antenna structure are contained in part 17 of this chapter.
Applications proposing construction of one or more new antenna
structures or alteration of the overall height of one or more existing
antenna structures, where FAA notification prior to such construction
or alteration is not required by part 17 of this chapter, must indicate
such and, unless the reason is obvious ( e.g. structure height is less
than 6.10 meters AGL) must contain a statement explaining why FAA
notification is not required.
(d) Painting and lighting. The owner of each antenna structure required
to be painted and/or illuminated under the provisions of Section 303(q)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, shall operate and
maintain the antenna structure painting and lighting in accordance with
part 17 of this chapter. In the event of default by the owner, each
licensee or permittee shall be individually responsible for conforming
to the requirements pertaining to antenna structure painting and
lighting.
(e) Antenna Structure Registration Number. Applications proposing
construction of one or more new antenna structures or alteration of the
overall height of one or more existing structures, where FAA
notification prior to such construction or alteration is required by
part 17 of this chapter, must include the FCC Antenna Structure
Registration Number(s) for the affected structure(s). If no such number
has been assigned at the time the application is filed, the applicant
must state in the application whether or not the antenna structure
owner has notified the FAA of the proposed construction or alteration
and applied to the FCC for an Antenna Structure Registration Number in
accordance with part 17 of this chapter for the antenna structure in
question.
(f) Construction permits are not required for U.S.-licensed space
stations. Construction of such stations may commence, at the
applicant's own risk, prior to grant of a license. Prior to commencing
construction, however, applicants must notify the Commission in writing
they plan to begin construction at their own risk.
(g) Except as set forth in paragraph (h) of this section, a launch
authorization and station license ( i.e. , operating authority) must be
applied for and granted before a space station may be launched and
operated in orbit. Request for launch authorization may be included in
an application for space station license. However, an application for
authority to launch and operate an on-ground spare satellite will be
considered pursuant to the following procedures:
(1) Applications for launch and operation of an on-ground spare
NGSO-like satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set
forth in § 25.157, except as set forth in paragraph (g)(3) of this
section.
(2) Applications for launch and operation of an on-ground spare
GSO-like satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set
forth in § 25.158, except as set forth in paragraph (g)(3) of this
section.
(3) Neither paragraph (g)(1) nor (g)(2) of this section will apply in
cases where the space station to be launched is determined to be an
emergency replacement for a previously authorized space station that
has been lost as a result of a launch failure or a catastrophic
in-orbit failure.
(h) Licensees of Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) satellite
systems need not file separate applications to operate technically
identical in-orbit spares authorized as part of a blanket license
pursuant to § 25.114(e) or any other satellite blanket licensing
provision in this part. However, the licensee shall notify the
Commission within 30 days of bringing the in-orbit spare into
operation, and certify that operation of this space station did not
cause the licensee to exceed the total number of operating space
stations authorized by the Commission, and that the licensee will
operate the space station within the applicable terms and conditions of
its license. These notifications must be filed electronically on FCC
Form 312.
[ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 4366 , Feb. 6, 1996; 61 FR 9951 , Mar. 12, 1996; 61 FR 55582 , Oct. 28, 1996; 62 FR 5927 , Feb.
10, 1997; 62 FR 64172 , Dec. 4, 1997; 68 FR 51502 , Aug. 27, 2003; 69 FR 47794 , Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 32253 , June 2, 2005]
Goto Section: 25.112 | 25.114
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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