---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 960.15"
title: "15"
number: "960.15"
heading: "Term of license."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/960.15"
---

# §960.15. Term of license.

- (a) The license term begins when the Secretary transmits the signed license to the licensee, regardless of the operational status of the system.
- (b) The license is valid until the Secretary confirms in writing that the license is terminated, because the Secretary has determined that one of the following has occurred:
  - (1) The licensee has successfully disposed of, or has taken all actions necessary to successfully dispose of, all on-orbit components of the system, and is in compliance with all other requirements of the Act, this part, and the license;
  - (2) The licensee never had system components on orbit and has requested to end the license term;
  - (3) The license is terminated pursuant to [§ 960.17](/cfr/15/960.17.md); or
  - (4) The licensee has executed one of the following transfers, subsequent to the Secretary's approval of such transfer:
    - (i) Ownership of the system, or the operations thereof, to an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government; or
    - (ii) Operations to a person who is not a U.S. person and who will not operate the system from the United States.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 60124.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 30806, May 20, 2020, unless otherwise noted.