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FCC 25.113
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 25.113 Station construction, launch authority, and operation of spare
satellites.
(a) Construction permits are not required for earth stations. Construction
of such stations may commence prior to grant of an earth station license at
the applicant's own risk, subject to the requirements of § 1.1312 and part 17
of this chapter concerning environmental processing and construction,
marking, and lighting of antenna structures.
(b) Construction permits are not required for Ancillary Terrestrial
Component (ATC) stations. A party with licenses issued under this part for
launch and operation of 1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4 GHz GHz Mobile-Satellite
Service space stations and operation of associated ATC facilities may
commence construction of ATC base stations at its own risk after commencing
physical construction of the space stations, subject to the requirements of
§ 1.1312 and part 17 of this chapter. Such an MSS/ATC licensee may also
conduct equipment tests for the purpose of making adjustments and
measurements necessary to ensure compliance with the terms of its ATC
license, applicable rules in this part, and technical design requirements.
Prior to commencing such construction and pre-operational testing, an
MSS/ATC licensee must notify the Commission of the commencement of physical
satellite construction and the licensee's intention to construct and test
ATC facilities. This notification must be filed electronically in the
appropriate file in the International Bureau Filing System database. The
notification must specify the frequencies the licensee proposes to use for
pre-operational testing and the name, address, and telephone number of a
representative for the reporting and mitigation of any interference
resulting from such testing. MSS/ATC licensees engaging in pre-operational
testing must comply with § § 5.83, 5.85(c), 5.111, and 5.117 of this chapter
regarding experimental operations. An MSS/ATC licensee may not offer ATC
service to the public for compensation during pre-operational testing.
(c)-(e) [Reserved]
(f) Construction permits are not required for U.S.-licensed space stations,
except for stations that the applicant proposes to operate to disseminate
program content to be received by the public at large, rather than only by
subscribers. Construction of a station for which a construction permit is
not required may commence, at the applicant's own risk, prior to grant of a
license. Before commencing pre-grant construction, however, an applicant
must notify the Commission in writing that it plans to begin construction at
its 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) Operators of NGSO satellite systems licensed by the Commission need not
file separate applications to operate technically identical in-orbit spares
launched pursuant to a blanket license granted under § 25.114(a). However,
the licensee must notify the Commission within 30 days of bringing the
in-orbit spare into operation and certify that its activation has not
increased the number of operating space stations above the number previously
authorized and that the licensee has determined by measurement that the
activated spare is operating within the terms of the license.
[ 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; 77 FR 3954 , Jan. 26, 2012; 78 FR 8421 , Feb.
6, 2013; 79 FR 8314 , Feb. 12, 2014; 79 FR 27503 , May 14, 2014]
Effective Date Note: At 79 FR 27503 , May 14, 2014, in § 25.113, in the second
sentence in paragraph (b), “1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, or 2 GHz
Mobile-Satellite Service” was corrected to read “1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4 GHz
GHz Mobile-Satellite Service”. This amendment contains information
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.
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