FCC to Charge Fees on Authorized Satellites and Earth Stations
FCC licensees will now be charged regulatory fees on authorized satellites and earth stations, rather than on operational ones. A regulatory fees order in Tuesday's Daily Digest said the agency is also setting a two-tier non-geostationary orbit satellite regulatory fee…
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category: one for small constellations of fewer than 1,000 authorized satellites, and one for 1,000 or more. Those categories replace the existing "less complex" and "other" NGSO fee categories, it said. The changes "will more accurately" apportion fee burdens among licensees, and most will pay lower per-unit fees in FY 2025 than FY 2024, the FCC said. The changes "support the Commission’s goal that our regulatory fees are fair, administrable, and sustainable." It noted that the order was adopted last week, and then-Commissioner Geoffrey Starks didn't participate. The changes will go into effect with the FY 2025 regulatory fees.