Part 25
- Title 47 CFR Part 25, the section of the Code of Federal Regulations governing satellite communications in the United States.
- Part 25 establishes the rules for licensing, technical standards, and operating conditions for space station and Earth station facilities. The FCC has proposed reorganizing satellite rules into a new Part 100.
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