14 C.F.R. Appendix A to Part 450—Information Requirements for Obtaining a Maximum Probable Loss Determination for Licensed Reentry Activities
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Any person requesting a maximum probable loss determination shall submit the following information to the Office, unless the Office has waived a particular information requirement under 14 CFR 450.7(c): I. General Information A. Reentry mission description. 1. A description of mission parameters, including: a. Orbital inclination; and b. Orbit altitudes (apogee and perigee). c. Reentry trajectories. 2. Reentry flight sequences. 3. Reentry initiation events and time for each event. 4. Nominal landing location, alternative landing sites and contingency abort sites. 5. Identification of landing facilities, (planned date of reentry), and reentry windows. 6. If the applicant has previously been issued a license to conduct reentry activities using the same reentry vehicle to the same reentry (site) facility, a description of any differences planned in the conduct of proposed activities. B. Reentry Vehicle Description. 1. General description of the reentry vehicle including dimensions. 2. Description of major systems, including safety systems. 3. Description of propulsion system (reentry initiation system) and type of fuel used. 4. Identification of all propellants to be used and their hazard classification under the Hazardous Materials Table, 49 CFR 172.101. 5. Description of hazardous components. C. Payload. 1. General description of any payload, including type (e.g., telecommunications, remote sensing), propellants, and hazardous components or materials, such as toxic or radioactive substances. D. Flight Termination System/Flight Safety System. 1. Identification of any flight termination system (FTS) or Flight Safety System (FSS) on the reentry vehicle, including a description of operations and component location on the vehicle. II. Flight Operations A. Identification of reentry site facilities exposed to risk during vehicle reentry and landing. B. Identification of accident failure scenarios, probability assessments for each, and estimation of risks to Government personnel, individuals not involved in licensed reentry activities, and Government property, due to property damage or bodily injury. The estimation of risks for each scenario shall take into account the number of such individuals at risk as a result of reentry (flight) and landing of a reentry vehicle (on-range, off-range, and down-range) and specific, unique facilities exposed to risk. Scenarios shall cover the range of reentry trajectories for which authorization is sought in the license application. C. On-orbit risk analysis assessing risks posed by a reentry vehicle to operational satellites during reentry. D. Reentry risk analysis assessing risks to Government personnel and individuals not involved in licensed reentry activities as a result of inadvertent or random reentry of the launch vehicle or its components. E. Nominal and 3-sigma dispersed trajectories in one-second intervals, from reentry initiation through landing or impact. (Coordinate system will be specified on a case by case basis) F. Three-sigma landing or impact dispersion area in downrange (±) and crossrange (±) measured from the nominal, and contingency landing or impact target. The applicant is responsible for including all significant landing or impact dispersion constituents in the computations of landing or impact dispersion areas. The dispersion constituents should include, but not be limited to: variation in orbital position and velocity at the reentry initiation time; variation in re-entry initiation time offsets, either early or late; variation in the bodies' ballistic coefficient; position and velocity variation due to winds; and variations in re-entry retro-maneuvers. G. Malfunction turn data (tumble, trim) for guided (controllable) vehicles. The malfunction turn data shall include the total angle turned by the velocity vector versus turn duration time at one second interval; the magnitude of the velocity vector versus turn duration time at one second intervals; and an indication on the data where the re-entry body will impact the earth, or breakup due to aerodynamic loads. A malfunction turn data set is required for each malfunction time. Malfunction turn start times shall not exceed four-second intervals along the trajectory. H. Identification of debris casualty areas and the projected number and ballistic coefficient of fragments expected to result from each failure mode during reentry, including random reentry. III. Post-Flight Processing Operations A. General description of post-flight ground operations including overall sequence and location of operations for removal of vehicle and components and processing equipment from the reentry site facility and for handling of hazardous materials, and designation of hazardous operations. B. Identification of all facilities used in conducting post-flight processing operations. C. For each hazardous operation: 1. Identification of location where each operation is performed, including each building or facility identified by name or number. 2. Identification of facilities adjacent to location where each operation is performed and exposed to risk, identified by name or number. 3. Maximum number of Government personnel and individuals not involved in licensed reentry activities who may be exposed to risk during each operation. For Government personnel, identification of his or her employer. 4. Identify and provide reentry site facility policies or requirements applicable to the conduct of operations. [Doc. No. FAA–1999–6265, 65 FR 56699, Sept. 19, 2000; 65 FR 80991, Dec. 22, 2000]
Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 450—FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Subpart A—Financial Responsibility for Licensed Reentry Activities
Appendix A to Part 450—Information Requirements for Obtaining a Maximum Probable Loss Determination for Licensed Reentry Activities
