[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: 47CFR25.145]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 25--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
Sec. 25.145  Licensing conditions for the Fixed-Satellite Service in the 20/30 GHz bands.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 25.210(b), in general all rules 
contained in this part apply to Fixed-Satellite Service in the 20/30 GHz 
bands.
    (b) System License. Applicants authorized to construct and launch a 
system of technically identical non-geostationary satellite orbit 
satellites will be awarded a single ``blanket'' license covering a 
specified number of space stations to operate in a specified number of 
orbital planes.
    (c) In addition to providing the information specified in 
Sec. 25.114, each non-geostationary satellite orbit applicant shall 
demonstrate the following:
    (1) That the proposed system be capable of providing fixed-satellite 
services to all locations as far north as 70 deg. latitude and as far 
south as 55 deg. latitude for at least 75% of every 24-hour period; and
    (2) That the proposed system is capable of providing fixed-satellite 
services on a continuous basis throughout the fifty states, Puerto Rico 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S.
    (d) [Reserved]
    (e) Prohibition of certain agreements. No license shall be granted 
to any applicant for a space station in the fixed-satellite service 
operating in the 20/30 GHz band if that applicant, or any persons or 
companies controlling or controlled by the applicant, shall acquire or 
enjoy any right, for the purpose of handling traffic to or from the 
United States, its territories or possession, to construct or operate 
space segment or earth stations, or to interchange traffic, which is 
denied to any other United States company by reason of any concession, 
contract, understanding, or working arrangement to which the Licensee or 
any persons or companies controlling or controlled by the Licensee are 
parties.
    (f) Implementation milestone schedule. Unless otherwise specified in 
the license, each GSO FSS licensee in the 20/30 GHz band will be 
required to begin construction of its first satellite within one year of 
grant of all space station frequency assignments, to begin construction 
of the remainder within two years of such authorization, to launch at 
least one satellite into each of its assigned orbit locations within 
five years of such authorization, and to launch the remainder of its 
satellites by the date required by the International Telecommunication 
Union to assure international recognition and protection of those 
satellites. Unless otherwise specified in the license, each NGSO FSS 
licensee in the 20/30 GHz band will be required to begin construction of 
its first two satellites within one year of the grant of all space 
station frequency assignments and complete construction of those first 
two satellites within four years of such authorization. Construction of 
the remaining authorized operating satellites in the constellation must 
begin within three years of such authorization, and the entire 
authorized system must be operational within six years.
    (g)(1) Reporting Requirements. All licensees in the 20/30 GHz band 
shall, on June 30 of each year, file a report with the International 
Bureau and the Commission's Columbia Operations Center, 9200 Farm House 
Lane, Columbia, MD 21046 containing the following information:

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    (i) Status of space station construction and anticipated launch 
date, including any major problems or delay encountered;
    (ii) A listing of any non-scheduled space station outages for more 
than thirty minutes and the cause(s) of such outages; and
    (iii) Identification of any space station(s) not available for 
service or otherwise not performing to specifications, the cause(s) of 
these difficulties, and the date any space station was taken out of 
service or the malfunction identified.
    (2) Licensees shall submit to the Commission a yearly report 
indicating the number of earth stations actually brought into service 
under its blanket licensing authority. The annual report is due to the 
Commission no later than the first day of April of each year and shall 
indicate the deployment figures for the preceding calendar year.
    (h) Policy governing the relocation of terrestrial services from the 
18.3 to 19.3 GHz band. Frequencies in the 18.3-19.3 GHz band listed in 
parts 21, 74, 78, and 101 of this chapter have been reallocated for 
primary use by the Fixed-Satellite Service, subject to various 
provisions for the existing terrestrial licenses. Fixed-Satellite 
Service operations are not entitled to protection from the co-primary 
operations until after the period during which terrestrial stations 
remain co-primary has expired. (see Secs. 21.901(e), 74.502(c), 
74.602(g), 78.18(a)(4), and 101.147(r) of this chapter).

[62 FR 61456, Nov. 18, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 54171, Sept. 7, 2000; 
66 FR 63515, Dec. 7, 2001; 67 FR 39310, June 7, 2002; 68 FR 16966, Apr. 
8, 2003; 68 FR 51505, Aug. 27, 2003]