Federal Communications Commission § 25.201 sufficient to demonstrate that the li- (b) The licensee must use a surety censee has completed the critical de- company deemed acceptable within the sign review of the licensed satellite meaning of 31 U.S.C. 9304 et seq. (See, system on or before the date scheduled e.g., Department of Treasury Fiscal for entering into such completion. Service, Companies Holding Certifi- (e) Licensees of all satellite systems, cates of Authority as Acceptable Sure- other than DBS and DARS satellite ties on Federal Bonds and As Accept- systems, licensed on or after Sep- able Reinsurance Companies, 57 FR tember 11, 2003, will be required to sub- 29356, July 1, 1992.) The bond must mit information to the Commission name the U.S. Treasury as beneficiary sufficient to demonstrate that the li- in the event of the licensee’s default. censee has commenced physical con- The licensee must provide the Commis- struction of its licensed spacecraft on sion with a copy of the performance or before the date scheduled for such bond, including all details and condi- commencement. tions. (f) In cases where the Commission (c) A licensee will be considered to be grants a satellite authorization in dif- in default if it fails to meet any mile- ferent stages, such as a license for a stone deadline set forth in § 25.164, and, satellite system using feeder links or at the time of milestone deadline, the intersatellite links, the earliest of the licensee has not provided a sufficient milestone schedules shall be applied to basis for extending the milestone. the entire satellite system. (g) Licensees of satellite systems (d) A GSO licensee will be permitted that include both non-geostationary to reduce the amount of the bond by orbit satellites and geostationary orbit $750,000 upon successfully meeting a satellites, other than DBS and DARS milestone deadline set forth in section satellite systems, and licensed on or 25.164(a) of this chapter. An NGSO li- after September 20, 2004 will be re- censee will be permitted to reduce the quired to comply with the schedule set amount of the bond by $1 million upon forth in paragraph (a) of this section successfully meeting a milestone dead- with respect to the geostationary orbit line set forth in section 25.164(b) of this satellites, and with the schedule set chapter. forth in paragraph (b) of this section (e) A replacement satellite is one with respect to the non-geostationary that is: orbit satellites. (1) Authorized to be operated at the same orbit location, in the same fre- [68 FR 51507, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 51587, Aug. 20, 2004] quency bands, and with the same cov- erage area as one of the licensee’s ex- § 25.165 Posting of bonds. isting satellites, and (a) For all satellite licenses issued (2) Scheduled to be launched so that after September 20, 2004, other than it will be brought into use at approxi- DBS licenses, DARS licenses, and re- mately the same time as, but no later placement satellite licenses as defined than, the existing satellite is retired. in paragraph (e), the licensee is re- [68 FR 51507, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 69 quired to post a bond within 30 days of FR 51587, Aug. 20, 2004] the grant of its license. Failure to post a bond will render the license null and Subpart C—Technical Standards void automatically. (1) NGSO licensees are required to post a bond in the amount of $5 mil- SOURCE: 30 FR 7176, May 28, 1965; 36 FR lion. 2562, Feb. 6, 1971, unless otherwise noted. (2) GSO licensees are required to post § 25.201 Definitions. a bond in the amount of $3 million. (3) Licensees of satellite systems in- Definitions for terms in subpart C of cluding both NGSO satellites and GSO this part appear in this section, and in satellites that operate in the same fre- § 2.1 of this chapter. quency bands as the NGSO satellites 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service. A are required to post a bond in the mobile-satellite service that operates amount of $5 million. in the 1610–1626.5 MHz and 2483.5–2500 215 VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:46 Dec 15, 2010 Jkt 220201 PO 00000 Frm 00225 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\47\47V2 ofr150 PsN: PC150 § 25.201 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–10 Edition) MHz frequency bands, or in any portion used to transmit communications to or thereof. receive communications from an ancil- 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Service. A mo- lary terrestrial component base station bile-satellite service that operated in or a space station. the 2000–2020 MHz and 2180–2200 MHz Base Earth Station. An earth station frequency bands, or in any portion in the fixed-satellite service or, in thereof. some cases, in the land mobile-satellite 17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Serv- service, located at a specified fixed ice. A radiocommunications service point or within a specified area on land using geostationary satellites between to provide a feeder link for the land one or more feeder link earth stations mobile-satellite service. (RR) and other earth stations, in the 17.3— Baseline. The line from which mari- 17.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) (domestic al- time zones are measured, also known location), 17.3—17.8 GHz (international as the coast line. The baseline is a allocation) and 24.75—25.25 GHz fre- combination of the low-water line quency bands. This service is also (‘‘low-tide elevation’’) and closing lines known as ‘‘17/24 GHz BSS.’’ For pur- across the mouths of inland water bod- poses of the application processing pro- ies. The baseline is defined by a series visions of this part, 17/24 GHz BSS is a of baseline points. The baseline points GSO-like service. For purposes of the are not just the low-water marks of the technical requirements of this part, we shore of mainland but also includes is- will treat 17/24 GHz BSS as if it were lands and ‘‘low-water elevations’’ (i.e., FSS. Unless specifically stated other- natural rocks). Baseline points are am- wise, the 17/24 GHz BSS systems are bulatory, and thus, require adjustment subject to the rules in this part appli- from time-to-time by the U.S. Depart- cable to FSS. ment of State’s Baseline Committee. Active satellite. An earth satellite car- C-band. For purposes of this part, the rying a station intended to transmit or terms ‘‘C-band’’ and ‘‘conventional C- re-transmit radiocommunication sig- band’’ refer specifically to the 3700–4200 nals. MHz downlink and 5925–6425 MHz Ambulatory. Not stationary. Baselines uplink frequency bands. These paired from which maritime boundaries are bands are allocated to the Fixed-Sat- measured change with accretion- and ellite Service and are also referred to erosion-caused ambulation of the as the 4/6 GHz band(s). boundaries themselves. Coordination distance. For the pur- Ancillary terrestrial component. The poses of this part, the expression ‘‘co- term ‘‘ancillary terrestrial compo- ordination distance’’ means the dis- nent’’ means a terrestrial communica- tance from an earth station, within tions network used in conjunction with which there is a possibility of the use a qualifying satellite network system of a given transmitting frequency at authorized pursuant to these rules and this earth station causing harmful in- the conditions established in the Or- terference to stations in the fixed or ders issued in IB Docket No. 01–185, mobile service, sharing the same band, Flexibility for Delivery of Communications or of the use of a given frequency for by Mobile Satellite Service Providers in reception at this earth station receiv- the 2 GHz Band, the L-Band, and the 1.6/ ing harmful interference from such sta- 2.4 GHz Band. tions in the fixed or mobile service. Ancillary terrestrial component base Direct Broadcast Satellite Service. A station. The term ‘‘ancillary terrestrial radiocommunication service in which component base station’’ means a ter- signals transmitted or retransmitted restrial fixed facility used to transmit by space stations, using frequencies communications to or receive commu- specified in § 25.202(a)(7), are intended nications from one or more ancillary for direct reception by the general pub- terrestrial component mobile termi- lic. For the purposes of this definition, nals. the term direct reception shall encom- Ancillary terrestrial component mobile pass both individual reception and terminal. The term ‘‘ancillary terres- community reception. trial component mobile terminal’’ Earth station. A station located either means a terrestrial mobile facility on the Earth’s surface or within the 216 VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:46 Dec 15, 2010 Jkt 220201 PO 00000 Frm 00226 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\47\47V2 ofr150 PsN: PC150 Federal Communications Commission § 25.201 major portion of the Earth’s atmos- ter of a hypothetical circular aperture phere intended for communication: antenna with the same aperture area (a) With one or more space stations; as the actual antenna. For example, an or elliptical aperture antenna with major (b) With one or more stations of the axis, a, and minor axis, b, will have an same kind by means of one or more re- equivalent diameter of [a × b]1/2. A rec- flecting satellites or other objects in tangular aperture antenna with length, space. l, and width, w, will have an equivalent Earth Station on Vessel (‘‘ESV’’). An diameter of [4(l × w)/π]1/2. ESV is an earth station onboard a craft Equivalent power flux-density. The designed for traveling on water receiv- equivalent power flux-density (EPFD) ing from and transmitting to fixed-sat- is the sum of the power flux-densities ellite space stations.