§ 25.271   Control of transmitting stations.

   (a) The licensee of a facility licensed under this part is responsible for
   the proper operation and maintenance of the station.

   (b) The licensee of a transmitting earth station licensed under this part
   shall ensure that a trained operator is present on the earth station site,
   or at a designated remote control point for the earth station, at all times
   that transmissions are being conducted. No operator's license is required
   for a person to operate or perform maintenance on facilities authorized
   under this part.

   (c) Authority will be granted to operate a transmitting earth station by
   remote control only on the conditions that:

   (1) The parameters of the transmissions of the remote station monitored at
   the  control  point, and the operational functions of the remote earth
   stations that can be controlled by the operator at the control point, are
   sufficient to ensure that the operations of the remote station(s) are at all
   times in full compliance with the remote station authorization(s);

   (2) The earth station facilities are protected by appropriate security
   measures to prevent unauthorized entry or operations;

   (3) Upon detection by the licensee, or upon notification from the Commission
   of  a  deviation  or  upon notification by another licensee of harmful
   interference, the operation of the remote station shall be immediately
   suspended  by the operator at the control point until the deviation or
   interference  is  corrected,  except that transmissions concerning the
   immediate safety of life or property may be conducted for the duration of
   the emergency; and

   (4) The licensee shall have available at all times the technical personnel
   necessary to perform expeditiously the technical servicing and maintenance
   of the remote stations.

   (5) International VSAT system operators are required to maintain a control
   point within the United States, or to maintain a point of contact within the
   United States available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the ability to
   shut  off  any  earth station within the VSAT network immediately upon
   notification of harmful interference.

   (d) The licensee shall insure that the licensed facilities are properly
   secured against unauthorized access or use whenever an operator is not
   present at the transmitter.

   (e) The licensee of an NGSO FSS system operating in the 10.7-14.5 GHz bands
   shall maintain an electronic web site bulletin board to list the satellite
   ephemeris data, for each satellite in the constellation, using the North
   American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) two-line orbital element format.
   The orbital elements shall be updated at least once every three days.

   (f) The licensee of any transmitting earth station licensed under this part
   must update the contact information provided in the most recent license
   application  for the station within 10 days of any change therein. The
   updated information must be filed electronically in the “Other Filings” tab
   of the station's current authorization file in the International Bureau
   Filing System.

   [ 58 FR 13421 , Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at  66 FR 10631 , Feb. 16, 2001;  70 FR 4787 , Jan. 31, 2005;  70 FR 32257 , June 2, 2005;  74 FR 47107 , Sept. 15, 2009;
    78 FR 8430 , Feb. 6, 2013;  79 FR 8325 , Feb. 12, 2014]

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