Before the

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

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**ERRATUM**

**Adopted: July 08, 2002 Released: July 09, 2002**

By the Chief, Satellite Division:

1.  This Erratum corrects two inadvertent omissions in Part 25 of the
    Commission's rules as currently published in the Code of Federal
    Regulations. These two corrections conform the text of the
    Commission's published rules to the Orders in which the rules were
    adopted.

2.  First, Section 25.136(a) of the Commission's rules is corrected to
    include aircraft cockpit communications in addition to aircraft
    Cabin Communications. In the *Big LEO Order*,[^1] the Commission
    adopted several modifications to the Commission's proposed rules,
    including clarifying that the provisions of Section 25.136(a)
    include cockpit communications as well as aircraft Cabin
    Communications systems.[^2] This modification to Section 25.136(a),
    although specifically ordered in the text of the *Big LEO Order*,
    was inadvertently omitted in the amended rules published in the
    Federal Register[^3] and sent for inclusion in the Code of Federal
    Regulations. The Commission subsequently amended Section 25.136(a)
    to govern also earth station networks in the 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite
    Service (MSS).[^4] In doing so, the failure to modify Section
    25.136(a) as ordered in the *Big LEO Order* was inadvertently
    carried over to the *2 GHz MSS Order*. We now correct this error by
    revising Section 25.136(a) to include aircraft cockpit
    communications as well as aircraft Cabin Communications, as
    originally ordered in the text of the *Big LEO Order*.

3.  Second, the title of Section 25.143 of the Commission's rules is
    corrected to include 2 GHz MSS systems in addition to 1.6/2.4 GHz
    MSS systems. The Commission ordered 2 GHz MSS systems to comply with
    Section 25.143 as part of the *2 GHz MSS Order* and amended Section
    25.143 to reflect this fact. These amendments were included in the
    final rules that were adopted in the *2 GHz MSS* *Order* and
    published in the Federal Register.[^5] Although Section 25.143
    included 2 GHz MSS systems in the title when published in the *2 GHz
    MSS Order* and the Federal Register, the ordering language in the
    Federal Register inadvertently failed to include the necessary
    instructions to amend the title of Section 25.143 to include 2 GHz
    MSS systems. We now correct this omission and revise the title of
    Section 25.143 to include 2 GHz MSS systems in addition to 1.6/2.4
    GHz MSS systems.

4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to delegated authority under
    Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R § 0.261, that
    Sections 25.136(a) and 25.143 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
    §§ 25.136(a) and 25.143, Are CORRECTED as set forth in the attached
    Appendix.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

> Thomas S. Tycz
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> Chief, Satellite Division

International Bureau

APPENDIX

PART 25 -- SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Part 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:

1.  The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 701-744. Interprets or applies Sections 4, 301,
    302, 303, 307, 309 and 332 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47
    U.S.C. Sections 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332, unless
    otherwise noted.

2.  Revise Section 25.136(a) to read as follows:

    **Section 25.136 Operating provisions for earth station networks in
    the 1.6/2.4 GHz mobile-satellite service and 2 GHz mobile-satellite
    service.**

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(a) User transceiver units associated with the 1.6/2.4 GHz
    Mobile-Satellite Service or 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service may not
    be operated on civil aircraft unless the earth station has a direct
    physical connection to the aircraft cabin or cockpit communication
    system.

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3.  Revise the section heading of Section 25.143 to read as follows:

    **Section 25.143 Licensing provisions for the 1.6/2.4 GHz
    mobile-satellite service and 2 GHz mobile-satellite service.**

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[^1]: Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules and
    Policies Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the
    1610-1626.5/2483.5-2500 MHz Frequency Bands, CC Docket No. 92-166,
    *Report and Order*, FCC 94-261, 9 FCC Rcd 5936 (1994) (*"Big LEO
    Order"*).

[^2]: *See id.* at 6036 n.300.

[^3]: 59 Fed. Reg. 53294.

[^4]: The Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile
    Satellite Service in the 2 GHz Band, IB Docket No. 99-81, *Report
    and Order*, FCC 00-302, 15 FCC Rcd 16127, 16190 (2000) (*"2 GHz MSS
    Order"*).

[^5]: 65 Fed. Reg. 59140.