The FCC amended its space station licensing rules with minor modi...
The FCC amended its space station licensing rules with minor modifications in satellite fleets and earth stations. In response to a Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA) request that modifications be approved after a 10-day review, the Commission said 10 days…
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wasn’t enough time to complete a review, but streamlined modifications could be completed if space station operators notified the it 30 days before relocation. Operators would have to certify that operations would continue under existing coordination agreements and that service wouldn’t lapse for customers, the FCC said. It proposed similar parameters for minor modifications of earth stations, but only where the station antenna would continue pointing at the old satellite in a new location. If an operator chose to change the direction of the antenna to point at a new satellite, the Commission would consider the modification to be major and would require new authorization, it said. Non-U.S. satellites on the permitted space station list would be required to follow the same procedures, the Commission said.