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Spectrum Sharing Rules for NGSO Fixed-Satellite Service Systems
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024. It took effect on January 13, 2025.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) clarifies the methodology to be used in compatibility analyses by non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) fixed-satellite service (FSS) system licensees. The Second Report and Order adopts specific degraded throughput methodology criteria that NGSO FSS systems licensed in a later processing round must include in compatibility analyses, in absence of a coordination agreement, to demonstrate that they can operate compatibly with and protect NGSO FSS systems authorized in earlier processing rounds. The Second Report and Order clarifies these methodologies to promote market entry, regulatory certainty, and spectrum efficiency through good-faith coordination. The Commission also adopts an Order on Reconsideration dismissing in part and, on alternative and independent grounds, denying a petition for reconsideration.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-28993
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; denial of reconsideration
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- December 13, 2024
- Takes effect
- January 13, 2025
- Dates
- Effective on January 13, 2025.
- Docket
- IB Docket No. 21-456; FCC 24-117; FR ID 265639
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 25
- Topics
- Satellites
- Pages
- 20
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