47 CFR Part 25
PART 25—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
- PART 25—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
- Chapter I—Federal Communications Commission › Subchapter B—Common Carrier Services
- Subpart A—General
- § 25.101 Basis and scope.
- § 25.102 Station authorization required.
- § 25.103 Definitions.
- § 25.104 Preemption of local zoning of earth stations.
- § 25.105 Citizenship.
- §§ 25.106-25.107 [Reserved]
- § 25.108 Incorporation by reference.
- § 25.109 Cross-reference.
- Subpart B—Applications and Licenses
- General Application Filing Requirements
- § 25.110 Filing of applications, fees, and number of copies.
- § 25.111 Additional information, ITU filings, and ITU cost recovery.
- § 25.112 Dismissal and return of applications.
- § 25.113 Station construction, deployment approval, and operation of spare satellites.
- § 25.114 Applications for space station authorizations.
- § 25.115 Applications for earth station authorizations.
- § 25.116 Amendments to applications.
- § 25.117 Modification of station license.
- § 25.118 Modifications not requiring prior authorization.
- § 25.119 Assignment or transfer of control of station authorization.
- § 25.120 Application for special temporary authorization.
- § 25.121 License term and renewals.
- § 25.122 Applications for streamlined small space station authorization.
- § 25.123 Applications for streamlined small spacecraft authorization.
- § 25.124 Unified space station and earth station authorization.
- § 25.125 Applications for supplemental coverage from space (SCS).
- § 25.129 Equipment authorization for portable earth-station transceivers.
- Earth Stations
- §§ 25.130-25.131 [Reserved]
- § 25.132 Verification of earth station antenna performance.
- § 25.133 Period of construction; certification of commencement of operation.
- § 25.134 [Reserved]
- § 25.135 Licensing provisions for earth station networks in the non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service.
- § 25.136 Earth Stations in the 24.75-25.25 GHz, 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz, 47.2-48.2, GHz and 50.4-51.4 GHz bands.
- § 25.137 Requests for U.S. market access through non-U.S.-licensed space stations.
- § 25.138 Earth Stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band.
- § 25.139 NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing between MVDDS licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band.
- Space Stations
- § 25.140 Further requirements for license applications for GSO space station operation in the FSS and the 17/24 GHz BSS.
- § 25.142 Licensing provisions for the non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service.
- § 25.143 Licensing provisions for the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.
- § 25.144 Licensing provisions for the 2.3 GHz satellite digital audio radio service.
- § 25.146 Licensing and operating provisions for NGSO FSS space stations.
- § 25.147 Space Stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band.
- § 25.148 Licensing provisions for the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service.
- § 25.149 Application requirements for ancillary terrestrial components in Mobile-Satellite Service networks operating in the 1.5./1.6 GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.
- Processing of Applications
- § 25.150 Receipt of applications.
- § 25.151 Public notice.
- § 25.152 [Reserved]
- § 25.153 Repetitious applications.
- § 25.154 Opposition to applications and other pleadings.
- § 25.155 Mutually exclusive applications.
- § 25.156 Consideration of applications.
- § 25.157 Consideration of applications for NGSO-like satellite operation.
- § 25.158 Consideration of applications for GSO-like satellite operation.
- § 25.159 Limits on pending applications and unbuilt satellite systems.
- Forfeiture, Termination, and Reinstatement of Station Authorization
- § 25.160 Administrative sanctions.
- § 25.161 Automatic termination of station authorization.
- § 25.162 Cause for termination of interference protection.
- § 25.163 Reinstatement.
- § 25.164 Milestones.
- § 25.165 Surety bonds.
- Reporting Requirements For Space Station Operators
- § 25.171 Space station point of contact reporting requirements.
- § 25.172 Requirements for reporting space station control arrangements.
- § 25.173 Results of in-orbit testing.
- Subpart C—Technical Standards
- § 25.201 [Reserved]
- § 25.202 Frequencies, frequency tolerance, and emission limits.
- § 25.203 Choice of sites and frequencies.
- § 25.204 Power and out-of-band emission limits for earth stations.
- § 25.205 Minimum antenna elevation angle.
- § 25.206 Station identification.
- § 25.207 Cessation of emissions.
- § 25.208 Power flux-density and in-band field strength limits.
- § 25.209 Earth station antenna performance standards.
- § 25.210 Technical requirements for space stations.
- § 25.211 Analog video transmissions in the FSS.
- § 25.212 Narrowband analog transmissions and digital transmissions in the GSO FSS.
- § 25.213 Inter-Service coordination requirements for the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.
- § 25.214 Technical requirements for space stations in the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service and associated terrestrial repeaters.
- § 25.215 [Reserved]
- § 25.216 Limits on emissions from mobile earth stations for protection of aeronautical radionavigation-satellite service.
- § 25.217 Default service rules.
- § 25.218 Off-axis EIRP density envelopes for FSS earth stations transmitting in certain frequency bands.
- § 25.219 [Reserved]
- § 25.220 Non-routine transmit/receive earth station operations.
- §§ 25.221-25.223 [Reserved]
- § 25.224 Protection of receive-only earth stations in the 17/24 GHz BSS.
- § 25.225 Geographic Service Requirements for 17/24 GHz Broadcasting Satellite Service.
- §§ 25.226-25.227 [Reserved]
- § 25.228 Operating and coordination requirements for earth stations in motion (ESIMs).
- §§ 25.229-25.249 [Reserved]
- § 25.250 Sharing between NGSO MSS Feeder links Earth Stations in the 19.3-19.7 GHz and 29.1-29.5 GHz Bands.
- § 25.251 Special requirements for coordination.
- § 25.252 [Reserved]
- § 25.253 Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial components operating in the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz/1525-1559 MHz bands.
- § 25.254 Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial components operating in the 1610-1626.5 MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz bands.
- § 25.255 Procedures for resolving harmful interference related to operation of ancillary terrestrial components operating in the 1.5/1.6 GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz bands.
- § 25.256 Special Requirements for operations in the 3.65-3.7 GHz band.
- § 25.257 Special requirements for NGSO MSS operations in the 29.1-29.25 GHz band regarding LMDS.
- § 25.258 Sharing between NGSO MSS feeder-link stations and GSO FSS services in the 29.25-29.5 GHz band.
- § 25.259 Time sharing between NOAA meteorological satellite systems and non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the 137-138 MHz band.
- § 25.260 Time sharing between DoD meteorological satellite systems and non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the 400.15-401 MHz band.
- § 25.261 Sharing among NGSO FSS space stations.
- § 25.262 Licensing and domestic coordination requirements for 17/24 GHz BSS space stations and FSS space stations transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band.
- § 25.263 Information sharing requirements for SDARS terrestrial repeater operators.
- § 25.264 Requirements to facilitate reverse-band operation in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band.
- § 25.265 Acceptance of interference in 2000-2020 MHz.
- Subpart D—Technical Operations
- § 25.271 Control of transmitting stations.
- § 25.272 General inter-system coordination procedures.
- § 25.273 Duties regarding space communications transmissions.
- § 25.274 Procedures to be followed in the event of harmful interference.
- § 25.275 Particulars of operation.
- § 25.276 Points of communication.
- § 25.277 Temporary fixed earth station operations.
- § 25.278 Additional coordination obligation for non-geostationary and geostationary satellite systems in frequencies allocated to the fixed-satellite service.
- § 25.279 Inter-satellite service.
- § 25.280 Inclined orbit operations.
- § 25.281 Transmitter identification requirements for video uplink transmissions.
- § 25.282 Orbit raising maneuvers.
- § 25.283 End-of-life disposal.
- § 25.284 [Reserved]
- § 25.285 Operation of MSS and ATC transmitters or transceivers on board civil aircraft.
- § 25.286 Antenna painting and lighting.
- § 25.287 Requirements pertaining to operation of mobile stations in the NVNG, 1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service bands.
- § 25.288 Obligation to remedy interference caused by NGSO MSS feeder downlinks in the 6700-6875 MHz band.
- § 25.289 Protection of GSO networks by NGSO systems.
- § 25.290 Responsibility of licensee for blanket-licensed earth station operation.
- Subpart E—Miscellaneous
- § 25.301 Satellite Emergency Notification Devices (SENDs).
- Subpart F—Competitive Bidding Procedures for DARS
- § 25.401 Satellite DARS applications subject to competitive bidding.
- § 25.402 [Reserved]
- § 25.403 Bidding application and certification procedures.
- § 25.404 Submission of down payment and filing of long-form applications.
- §§ 25.405-25.406 [Reserved]
- Subparts G-H [Reserved]
- Subpart I—Equal Employment Opportunities
- § 25.601 Equal employment opportunities.
- Subpart J—Public Interest Obligations
- § 25.701 Other DBS Public interest obligations.
- § 25.702 Other SDARS Public interest obligations.
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