[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2004]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR25.121]



[Page 280-281]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 25_SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

 

Sec. 25.121  License term and renewals.



    (a) License Term. Except for licenses for DBS facilities, licenses 

for facilities governed by this part will be issued for a period of 15 

years. Licenses for DBS space stations licensed as broadcast facilities 

will be issued for a period of 8 years. Licenses for DBS space stations



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not licensed as broadcast facilities will be issued for a period of 10 

years.

    (b) The Commission reserves the right to grant or renew station 

licenses for less than 15 years if, in its judgment, the public 

interest, convenience and necessity will be served by such action.

    (c) For earth stations, the license term will be specified in the 

instrument of authorization.

    (d) Space stations. (1) For geostationary satellite orbit 

satellites, the license term will begin at 3 a.m. EST on the date the 

licensee certifies to the Commission that the satellite has been 

successfully placed into orbit and that the operations of the satellite 

fully conform to the terms and conditions of the space station radio 

authorization.

    (2) For non-geostationary satellite orbit satellites, the license 

term will begin at 3 a.m. EST on the date that the licensee certifies to 

the Commission that its initial space station has been successfully 

placed into orbit and that the operations of that satellite fully 

conform to the terms and conditions of the space station system 

authorization. All space stations launched and brought into service 

during the 15-year license term shall operate pursuant to the system 

authorization, and the operating authority for all space stations will 

terminate upon the expiration of the system license.

    (e) Renewal of licenses. Applications for renewals of earth station 

licenses must be submitted on FCC Form 312R no earlier than 90 days, and 

no later than 30 days, before the expiration date of the license. 

Applications for space station system replacement authorization for non-

geostationary orbit satellites shall be filed no earlier than 90 days, 

and no later than 30 days, prior to the end of the twelfth year of the 

existing license term.



[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059, Dec. 23, 1993; 59 

FR 53327, Oct. 21, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 5928, 5929, 

Feb. 10, 1997; 65 FR 59142, Oct. 4, 2000; 67 FR 12485, Mar. 19, 2002; 67 

FR 51113, Aug. 7, 2002; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 63999, Nov. 

12, 2003]