Notice of 90-Day Period To Submit Affirmation of Operational Status of Identified Earth Station Antennas To Avoid Losing Incumbent Status or File To Remove Identified Antennas From IBFS if No Longer Operational

• Published in: Federal Communications Commission Documents and Publications
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Federal Information & News Dispatch, LLC 06.12.2021
• Subjects: Earth stations; United States > US

Failure to submit a filing to the Bureau by no later than 90 days after the release of the Bureau's Public Notice (i.e., by December 27, 2021) affirming the continued operation of the earth station antennas reported to the Bureau as inactive and the intent to participate in the C-band transition will result in a Bureau announcement that those authorizations identified as inactive in the Appendix attached to the Bureau's Public Notice have automatically terminated by operation of rule, and that those authorizations will be terminated in IBFS and removed from the incumbent earth station list. According to RSM, each antenna included in the Appendix to the Bureau's Public Notice was reported by their earth station operator to RSM or a satellite operator as no longer receiving service from a C-band satellite even though the FCC's International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) continues to include the antenna as active. The full text of this document, along with the Appendix identifying the specific earth station antennas subject to automatic termination, is available for public inspection and can be downloaded at https://www.fcc.gov/document/ib-identifies-inactive-c-band-incumbent-earth-station-antennas or by using the search function for Docket No. 20-205 on the Commission's ECFS page at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Under the Commission's 3.7 GHz Band Report and Order, RSM is responsible for coordinating with the five incumbent C-band satellite operators--Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, StarOne, and Telesat--to ensure that all incumbent earth stations are accounted for in the transition. /1/ The overwhelming majority of incumbent earth stations have been claimed by the satellite operator(s) from which they receive service, included in their transition plans to the Commission, and will be transitioned to the upper 200 megahertz of the band. /2/ In other cases, RSM, as the C-band Relocation Coordinator, has conducted outreach and research to determine whether the earth station is still active and, if so, from which satellite(s) the earth station receives its service. /3/ In the course of their outreach, the satellite operators and RSM have identified certain antennas as inactive.