[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR97.207]

[Page 577-578]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97--AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C--Special Operations
 
Sec. 97.207  Space station.

    (a) Any amateur station may be a space station. A holder of any 
class operator license may be the control operator of a space station, 
subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held by the 
control operator.
    (b) A space station must be capable of effecting a cessation of 
transmissions by telecommand whenever such cessation is ordered by the 
FCC.
    (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized to 
space stations:
    (1) The 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, and 10 m bands, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm and 1 mm 
bands; and
    (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-438 MHz, 
1260-1270 MHz, and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.83-5.85 GHz, 10.45-
10.50 GHz, and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
    (d) A space station may automatically retransmit the radio signals 
of Earth stations and other space stations.
    (e) A space station may transmit one-way communications.
    (f) Space telemetry transmissions may consist of specially coded 
messages intended to facilitate communications or related to the 
function of the spacecraft.
    (g) The license grantee of each space station must make two written 
pre-space station notifications to the

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International Bureau, FCC, Washington, DC 20554. Each notification must 
be in accord with the provisions of Articles 11 and 13 of the Radio 
Regulations.
    (1) The first notification is required no less than 27 months prior 
to initiating space station transmissions and must specify the 
information required by Appendix 4 and Resolution No. 642 of the Radio 
Regulations.
    (2) The second notification is required no less than 5 months prior 
to initiating space station transmissions and must specify the 
information required by Appendix 3 and Resolution No. 642 of the Radio 
Regulations.
    (h) The license grantee of each space station must make a written 
in-space station notification to the International Bureau no later than 
7 days following initiation of space station transmissions. The 
notification must update the information contained in the pre-space 
notification.
    (i) The license grantee of each space station must make a written 
post-space station notification to the International Bureau no later 
than 3 months after termination of the space station transmissions. When 
the termination is ordered by the FCC, notification is required no later 
than 24 hours after termination.

[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 39535, Sept. 27, 1989; 
56 FR 56171, Nov. 1, 1991; 57 FR 32736, July 23, 1992; 60 FR 50124, 
Sept. 28, 1995; 63 FR 68980, Dec. 14, 1998]