Allocations

 
U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations
1660 - 1660.5 MHz
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) US308 US309 US380
RADIO ASTRONOMY


U.S. Federal Government Allocations
1660 - 1660.5 MHz
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) US308 US309 US380
RADIO ASTRONOMY


ITU Region 1 Allocations
1660 - 1660.5 MHz
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) 5.351A
RADIO ASTRONOMY


ITU Region 2 Allocations
1660 - 1660.5 MHz
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) 5.351A
RADIO ASTRONOMY


ITU Region 3 Allocations
1660 - 1660.5 MHz
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) 5.351A
RADIO ASTRONOMY


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Footnotes


5.149 In making assignments to stations of other services to which the bands:

13360-13410 kHz,22.81-22.86 GHz,
25550-25670 kHz,23.07-23.12 GHz,
37.5-38.25 MHz,31.2-31.3 GHz,
73-74.6 MHz31.5-31.8 GHz
  in Regions 1 and 3,  in Regions 1 and 3,
150.05-153 MHz36.43-36.5 GHz,
  in Region 1,42.5-43.5 GHz,
322-328.6 MHz,48.94-49.04 GHz,
406.1-410 MHz,76-86 GHz,
608-614 MHz in92-94 GHz,
  Regions 1 and 3,94.1-100 GHz,
1330-1400 MHz,102-109.5 GHz,
1610.6-1613.8 MHz,111.8-114.25 GHz,
1660-1670 MHz,128.33-128.59 GHz,
1718.8-1722.2 MHz,129.23-129.49 GHz,
2655-2690 MHz,130-134 GHz,
3260-3267 MHz,136-148.5 GHz,
3332-3339 MHz,151.5-158.5 GHz,
3345.8-3352.5 MHz,168.59-168.93 GHz,
4825-4835 MHz,171.11-171.45 GHz,
4950-4990 MHz,172.31-172.65 GHz,
4990-5000 MHz,173.52-173.85 GHz,
6650-6675.2 MHz,195.75-196.15 GHz,
10.6-10.68 GHz,209-226 GHz,
14.47-14.5 GHz,241-250 GHz,
22.01-22.21 GHz,252-275 GHz
22.21-22.5 GHz,

are allocated, administrations are urged to take all practicable steps to protect the radio astronomy service from harmful interference. Emissions from spaceborne or airborne stations can be particularly serious sources of interference to the radio astronomy service (see Nos. 4.5 and 4.6 and Article 29). (WRC-07)

5.341 In the bands 1400-1727 MHz, 101-120 GHz and 197-220 GHz, passive research is being conducted by some countries in a programme for the search for intentional emissions of extraterrestrial origin.

5.351 The bands 1525-1544 MHz, 1545-1559 MHz, 1626.5-1645.5 MHz and 1646.5-1660.5 MHz shall not be used for feeder links of any service. In exceptional circumstances, however, an earth station at a specified fixed point in any of the mobile-satellite services may be authorized by an administration to communicate via space stations using these bands.

5.351A For the use of the bands 1518-1544 MHz, 1545-1559 MHz, 1610-1645.5 MHz, 1646.5 1660.5 MHz, 1668-1675 MHz, 1980-2010 MHz, 2170-2200 MHz, 2483.5-2520 MHz and 2670 2690 MHz by the mobile-satellite service, see Resolutions 212 (Rev.WRC-07) and 225 (Rev.WRC 07). (WRC-07)

5.354 The use of the bands 1525-1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz by the mobile-satellite services is subject to coordination under No. 9.11A.

5.362A In the United States, in the bands 1555-1559 MHz and 1656.5-1660.5 MHz, the aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) service shall have priority access and immediate availability, by pre-emption if necessary, over all other mobile-satellite communications operating within a network. Mobile-satellite systems shall not cause unacceptable interference to, or claim protection from, aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) service communications with priority 1 to 6 in Article 44. Account shall be taken of the priority of safety-related communications in the other mobile-satellite services.

5.376A Mobile earth stations operating in the band 1660-1660.5 MHz shall not cause harmful interference to stations in the radio astronomy service.

US308 In the bands 1549.5-1558.5 MHz and 1651-1660 MHz, those requirements of the aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) service that cannot be accommodated in the bands 1545-1549.5 MHz, 1558.5-1559 MHz, 1646.5-1651 MHz and 1660-1660.5 MHz shall have priority access with real-time preemptive capability for communications in the mobile-satellite service. Systems not interoperable with the aeronautical mobile-satellite (R) service shall operate on a secondary basis. Account shall be taken of the priority of safety-related communications in the mobile-satellite service.

US309 In the bands 1545-1559 MHz, transmissions from terrestrial aeronautical stations directly to aircraft stations, or between aircraft stations, in the aeronautical mobile (R) service are also authorized when such transmissions are used to extend or supplement the satellite-to-aircraft links. In the band 1646.5-1660.5 MHz, transmissions from aircraft stations in the aeronautical mobile (R) service directly to terrestrial aeronautical stations, or between aircraft stations, are also authorized when such transmissions are used to extend or supplement the aircraft-to-satellite links.

US342 In making assignments to stations of other services to which the bands:

13360-13410 kHz42.77-42.87 GHz*
25550-25670 kHz43.07-43.17 GHz*
37.5-38.25 MHz43.37-43.47 GHz*
322-328.6 MHz*48.94-49.04 GHz*
1330-1400 MHz*76-86 GHz
1610.6-1613.8 MHz*92-94 GHz
1660-1660.5 MHz*94.1-100 GHz
1668.4-1670 MHz*102-109.5 GHz
3260-3267 MHz*111.8-114.25 GHz
3332-3339 MHz*128.33-128.59 GHz*
3345.8-3352.5 MHz*129.23-129.49 GHz*
4825-4835 MHz*130-134 GHz
4950-4990 MHz136-148.5 GHz
6650-6675.2 MHz*151.5-158.5 GHz
14.47-14.5 GHz*168.59-168.93 GHz*
22.01-22.21 GHz*171.11-171.45 GHz*
22.21-22.5 GHz172.31-172.65 GHz*
22.81-22.86 GHz*173.52-173.85 GHz*
23.07-23.12 GHz*195.75-196.15 GHz*
31.2-31.3 GHz209-226 GHz
36.43-36.5 GHz*241-250 GHz
42.5-43.5 GHz252-275 GHz

are allocated (*indicates radio astronomy use for spectral line observations), all practicable steps shall be taken to protect the radio astronomy service from harmful interference. Emissions from spaceborne or airborne stations can be particularly serious sources of interference to the radio astronomy service (see ITU Radio Regulations at Nos. 4.5 and 4.6 and Article 29).

US380 In the bands 1525-1544 MHz, 1545-1559 MHz, 1610-1645.5 MHz, 1646.5-1660.5 MHz, and 2483.5-2500 MHz, a non-Federal licensee in the mobile-satellite service (MSS) may also operate an ancillary terrestrial component in conjunction with its MSS network, subject to the Commission’s rules for ancillary terrestrial components and subject to all applicable conditions and provisions of its MSS authorization.


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Engineering Data

Lower Frequency Center Frequency Upper Frequency
Frequency 1660 MHz 1660.25 MHz 1660.5 MHz
Wavelength 18.1 cm 18.1 cm 18.1 cm
Band designator(s) UHF; L-band (IEEE) UHF; L-band (IEEE) UHF; L-band (IEEE)
Isotropic collecting area 26.0 cm2 25.9 cm2 25.9 cm2
Free space loss (1 m) 36.9 dB 36.9 dB 36.9 dB
Free space loss (1 km) 96.9 dB 96.9 dB 96.9 dB
Free space loss (10 km) 116.9 dB 116.9 dB 116.9 dB
Free space loss (100 km) 136.9 dB 136.9 dB 136.9 dB
Free space loss (1000 km) 156.9 dB 156.9 dB 156.9 dB
Free space loss
(35,786 km = GEO orbit)
187.9 dB 187.9 dB 187.9 dB
Free space loss (378,370 km = Moon) 208.4 dB 208.4 dB 208.4 dB