--- kind: "section" citation: "47 C.F.R. § 25.262" title: "47" number: "25.262" heading: "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." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/25.262" --- # §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. - (a) A 17/24 GHz BSS or FSS applicant seeking to transmit in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band may be authorized to operate a space station at levels up to the maximum power flux density limits defined in paragraphs [(a)(1)](#a-1) and [(2)](#a-2) of this section without coordinating its power flux density levels with adjacent licensed or permitted operators, as follows: - (1) For 17/24 GHz BSS applicants, up to the power flux density levels specified in [§ 25.140(b)(3)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=b-3) only if there is no licensed space station, or prior-filed application for a space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band at a location less than four degrees from the orbital location at which the applicant proposes to operate; and - (2) For FSS space station applicants transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band, up to the maximum power flux density levels in [§ 25.140(a)(3)(iii)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a-3-iii), only if there is no licensed 17/24 GHz BSS space station, or prior-filed application for a 17/24 GHz BSS space station, at a location less than four degrees from the orbital location at which the FSS applicant proposes to operate, and there is no licensed FSS space station, or prior-filed application for an FSS space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band, at a location less than two degrees from the orbital location at which the applicant proposes to operate. - (b) Any U.S. licensee or permittee authorized to transmit in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that does not comply with the applicable power flux-density limits set forth in [§ 25.140(a)(3)(iii)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a-3-iii) and/or (b)(3) shall bear the burden of coordinating with any future co-frequency licensees and permittees of a space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band as required in [§ 25.114(d)(15)(ii)](/cfr/47/25.114.md?p=d-15-ii). - (c) If no good faith agreement can be reached, the operator of the FSS space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that does not comply with [§ 25.140(a)(3)(iii)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a-3-iii) or the operator of the 17/24 GHz BSS space station that does not comply with [§ 25.140(b)(3)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=b-3), shall reduce its power flux-density levels to be compliant with those specified in [§ 25.140(a)(3)(iii)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a-3-iii) and/or (b)(3) as appropriate. - (d) Any U.S. licensee or permittee of a space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that is required to provide information in its application pursuant to § [25.140(a)(2)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a-2) or [(b)(4)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=b-4) must accept any increased interference that may result from adjacent space stations transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that are operating in compliance with the rules for such space stations specified in §§ [25.140(a)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/47/25.140.md?p=b), [25.202(a)(9)](/cfr/47/25.202.md?p=a-9) and [(e) through (g)](/cfr/47/25.202.md?p=a-e..a-g), [25.210(i) through (j)](/cfr/47/25.210.md?p=i..j), [25.224](/cfr/47/25.224.md), 25.262, [25.264(h)](/cfr/47/25.264.md?p=h), and [25.273(a)(3)](/cfr/47/25.273.md?p=a-3). - (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, licensees and permittees will be allowed to apply for a license or authorization for a replacement satellite that will be operated at the same power level and interference protection as the satellite to be replaced. ## Notes ### Amendments [87 FR 72407, Nov. 25, 2022] ### Source Source: 30 FR 7176, May 28, 1965; 36 FR 2562, Feb. 6, 1971, unless otherwise noted. ### Authority Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted. ### Amendments [87 FR 72407, Nov. 25, 2022]