# Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; announcement of effective date. · Published 2020-07-20 · Effective 2020-08-19 · 85 FR 43711
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-12013
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 43711
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2020-07-20
- **Effective date:** 2020-08-19
- **FCC docket:** IB Docket No. 18-86
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission is streamlining its rules to facilitate the deployment of a class of satellites known as small satellites, which have relatively short duration missions. The Commission also announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the revisions to the Commission's rules.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/20/2020-12013/streamlining-licensing-procedures-for-small-satellites)
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