United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2026_register executive 2026-05-13 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1e1a5e95b D09002ee1e1a5e9dc United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) adopts a Report and Order (Order) that revises the spectrum sharing framework for Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and Non- Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) systems that currently relies on NGSO systems complying with Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) limits developed in the late-1990s. The consequence today of applying such EPFD limits in the United States is that operators must overprotect GSO systems, which in turn means that American households and businesses-- most critically in rural and remote areas--do not receive the fastest space-based NGSO satellite broadband American innovation has available. Based on the technical record in this proceeding, the Order replaces the EPFD framework with modern, performance-based GSO protection criteria. The Order extends the Commission's framework for good-faith coordination and allow NGSO and GSO operators to bargain for appropriate interference protections through voluntary, private agreement. The Order further adopts technical backstops to protect GSO systems when coordination has not been reached. 91 FR 26928 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-05-13/2026-09565 2026-09565 fr13my26-16 6712-01-P SB Docket No. 25-157 FCC 26-26 FR ID 345051 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-05-13/2026-09565 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/html/2026-09565.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09565.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Incorporation by Reference Satellites 21 p. 26928 26948 91 FR 26928 Title 47 Part 25 47 CFR Part 25 Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband; Federal Register Vol. 91, Issue RULE 2026-09565 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2026-07-13 SB Docket No. 25-157 FCC 26-26 FR ID 345051 6712-01-P 2026-09565 Final rule.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) adopts a Report and Order (Order) that revises the spectrum sharing framework for Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and Non- Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) systems that currently relies on NGSO systems complying with Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) limits developed in the late-1990s. The consequence today of applying such EPFD limits in the United States is that operators must overprotect GSO systems, which in turn means that American households and businesses-- most critically in rural and remote areas--do not receive the fastest space-based NGSO satellite broadband American innovation has available. Based on the technical record in this proceeding, the Order replaces the EPFD framework with modern, performance-based GSO protection criteria. The Order extends the Commission's framework for good-faith coordination and allow NGSO and GSO operators to bargain for appropriate interference protections through voluntary, private agreement. The Order further adopts technical backstops to protect GSO systems when coordination has not been reached.

These rules are effective July 13, 2026, except for the amendments to Sec. Sec. 25.146(a)(3) (amendatory instruction 2) and 25.289(a)(2) (amendatory instruction 4), which are indefinitely delayed. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these rule sections. Clay DeCell, Attorney Advisor, Satellite Programs and Policy Division, Space Bureau, at clay.decell@fcc.gov or at (202) 418-0803. Administrative Practice and Procedure Incorporation by Reference Satellites Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband, clay.decell@fcc.gov FCC504@fcc.gov https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-26A1.pdf Vol. 91, no. 92 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2026-05-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 297 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-05-13 P0b002ee1e1a52703 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13my26 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-05-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/FR-2026-05-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/xml/FR-2026-05-13.xml fdlp 26893 27181 DGPO 2026-05-13 2026-05-13 FR-2026-05-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2026-05-13 91 92