[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR25.140]

[Page 289-290]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 25--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
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

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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]