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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 25
Administrative practice and procedure, Satellites.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary.

Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 25 as follows:
PART 25SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 25
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted.

2. Amend 25.115 by revising paragraph a1 to read as follows:

25.115 Applications for earth station authorizations.

a1i Transmitting earth stations.
Commission authorization must be obtained for authority to operate a transmitting earth station. Applications must be filed electronically on FCC
Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, and include the information specified in this section, except as set forth in paragraphs a1ii and a2 of this section.
ii Certification of compliance with space station authorization. An earth station applicant certifying that it will comply with the applicable terms and conditions of the authorization of any space station with which it communicates need not provide technical demonstrations or other information that is duplicative or unnecessary due to the certification.
This provision does not apply to FSS
operation in bands below 10 GHz or in bands subject to 25.136.

3. Amend 25.118 by revising paragraphs a4 and b to read as follows:
25.118 Modifications not requiring prior authorization.

a
4 An earth station licensee may additionally:
i Decrease antenna height; or ii Increase or decrease the earth stations PFD contour, provided the modification does not involve a change listed in paragraph b2 of this section.
b Earth station modifications, notification not required.
Notwithstanding paragraph a of this section:

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1 Equipment in an authorized earth station may be replaced without prior authorization and without notifying the Commission if the new equipment is electrically identical to the existing equipment.
2 Licensees may make other changes to their authorized earth stations, including the addition of new transceiver/antenna combinations, without notifying the Commission, provided the modification does not involve:
i An increase in EIRP or EIRP
density either main lobe or off-axis;
ii Additional operating frequencies;
iii A change in polarization;
iv An increase in antenna height;
v Antenna repointing beyond any coordinated range; or vi A change from the originally authorized coordinates of more than 1
second of latitude or longitude for stations operating in frequency bands shared with terrestrial systems or more than 10 seconds of latitude or longitude for stations operating in frequency bands not shared with terrestrial systems.

4. Add 25.124 to read as follows:
25.124 Unified space station and earth station authorization.

a A single authorization may be issued for the operations of a GSO space station or NGSO space stations and the blanket-licensed earth stations that will operate within that satellite system, excluding GSO FSS and NGSO FSS
satellite systems operating in bands below 10 GHz and bands subject to 25.136. The available frequency bands are:
1 Non-Voice, Non-Geostationary MSS: 137138 MHz, 148150.05 MHz, 399.9400.05 MHz, and 400.15401
MHz;
2 1.5/1.6 GHz MSS: 15251559 MHz and 1626.51660.5 MHz;
3 1.6/2.4 GHz MSS: 16101626.5
MHz and 2483.52500 MHz;
4 2 GHz MSS: 20002020 MHz and 21802200 MHz;
5 GSO FSS: 10.712.2 GHz, 1414.5
GHz, 18.318.8 GHz, 19.720.2 GHz, 28.3528.6 GHz, 29.2530 GHz, 4042
GHz, and 48.250.2 GHz;
6 NGSO FSS: 10.712.7 GHz, 14
14.5 GHz, 17.818.6 GHz, 18.819.4
GHz, 19.620.2 GHz, 28.3529.1 GHz, 29.530 GHz, 4042 GHz, and 48.250.2
GHz; and 7 GSO and NGSO MSS: 19.720.2
GHz and 29.530 GHz.
b An application for a satellite system license described in paragraph a must contain:

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1 The information required by 25.114 or, for a non-U.S.-licensed space station, 25.137;
2 A certification that earth station operations under the satellite system license will comply with part 1, subpart I and part 17 of this chapter; and 3 Any additional information required under this part, including under 25.115, for operation of the blanket-licensed earth stations that is not duplicative or unnecessary due to the information provided for the space station operation.
5. Amend 25.133 by revising paragraph a to read as follows:
25.133 Period of construction;
certification of commencement of operation.

a An earth station, or network of blanket-licensed earth stations, must be brought into operation within the longest of the time periods below, unless the Commission determines otherwise:
1 For an earth station authorized to communicate with a GSO FSS space station in the 36004200 MHz band space-to-Earth operating outside of CONUS, or in the 58506725 MHz band Earth-to-space, within one year from the date of the license grant;
2 For any other earth station or network of earth stations, within one year from the date of the license grant or six months after the bringing into operation of a GSO space station, or NGSO system under 25.164b1, with which the earth station or earth station network was authorized to communicate when it was licensed, as notified under 25.173b.

6. Delayed indefinitely, amend 25.136 by adding paragraph h to read as follows:
25.136 Earth Stations in the 24.7525.25
GHz, 27.528.35 GHz, 37.540 GHz, 47.2
48.2, GHz and 50.451.4 GHz bands.

h Re-coordination. An earth station licensed under this section that is brought into operation later than one year after the date of the license grant must be re-coordinated with UMFUS
stations using the applicable processes in 101.103d of this chapter. The earth station licensee must complete recoordination within one year before its commencement of operation. The recoordination should account for any demographic or geographic changes as well as changes to the earth station equipment or configuration. A recoordination notice must be filed in IBFS before commencement of earth station operations.

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