[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: 47CFR25.133]



[Page 284-285]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 25_SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

 

Sec. 25.133  Period of construction; certification of commencement of 

operation.



    (a) Each license for an earth station governed by this part shall 

specify as a condition therein the period in which construction of 

facilities must be completed and station operation commenced. 

Construction of the earth station must be completed and the station must 

be brought into regular operation within 12 months from the date of the 

construction permit and/or license grant except as may be otherwise 

determined by the Commission for any particular application.

    (b) Each license for a transmitting earth station included in this 

part shall also specify as a condition therein that upon the completion 

of construction, each licensee must file with the Commission a 

certification containing the following information: The name of the 

licensee; file number of the application; call sign of the antenna; date 

of the license; a certification that the facility as authorized has been 

completed and that each antenna facility has been tested and is within 2 

dB of the pattern specified in Sec. Sec. 25.209, 25.135 (NVNG MSS earth 

stations), or Sec. 25.213 (1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service and 2 

GHz Mobile-Satellite Service earth stations); the date on which the 

station became operational; and a statement that the station will remain 

operational during the license period unless the license is submitted 

for cancellation. For stations authorized under Sec. 25.115(c) (Large 

Networks of Small Antennas operating



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in the 12/14 GHz bands) and Sec. 25.115(d) (User Transceivers in the 

Mobile-Satellite Service), a certificate must be filed when the network 

is put into operation.

    (c) If the facility does not meet the technical parameters set forth 

in Sec. 25.209, a request for a waiver must be submitted and approved 

by the Commission before operations may commence.

    (d) Each receiving earth station licensed or registered pursuant to 

Sec. 25.131 must be constructed and placed into service within 6 months 

after coordination has been completed. Each licensee or registrant must 

file with the Commission a certification that the facility is completed 

and operating as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, with the 

exception of certification of antenna patterns.



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

FR 53327, Oct. 21, 1994; 65 FR 59142, Oct. 4, 2000]