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(5) At the time of signing of the Launch Services Agreement, NASA shall define a payload removal cutoff date (relative to the launch date) for each Spacelab payload to be flown on a shared flight. A customer may still postpone or terminate a flight after the payload's cutoff date; however, NASA shall not be required to remove the payload before flight.
(d) Minor delays. The minor delay provisions of the Shuttle policy shall apply only to those Spacelab payloads whose Shuttle load factor is equal to or greater than 0.05.
(e) Dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flight. (1) A dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flight is a Shuttle flight sold to a single customer who is entitled to select the Spacelab elements used on the flight.
(2) In addition to the standard services listed in paragraph (i) of this section, the following standard services are provided to customers of dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flights and form the basis for the standard flight price:
(i) Use of the full standard services of the Shuttle and the Spacelab elements selected.
(ii) One day of one-shift on-orbit operations.
(iii) Standard mission destinations as defined in the Shuttle policy.
(iv) Launch within a prenegotiated 90-day period in accordance with the dedicated flight scheduling provisions of the Shuttle policy.
(v) The available payload operations time of two NASA-furnished mission specialists.
(3) Customers contracting for a dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flight shall reimburse NASA an amount which is the sum of:
(i) The one-shift operation dedicated flight price for a 1-day Spacelab mission.
(ii) The price for the use of all Spacelab elements used (including all necessary mission-independent Spacelab equipment).
(iii) The price for all optional services provided.
(f) Dedicated 3-meter pallets and dedicated FMDM/MPESS. (1) A dedicated pallet (or a dedicated FMDM/MPESS) is one which is sold to a single customer and which includes all Spacelab hardware necessary to permit it to be flown on any shared Shuttle flight as an autonomous payload (e.g., a dedicated 3-meter pallets may either be supplied with its own exclusive igloo or may fly without an igloo if it requires only standard Shuttle services).
(2) In addition to a pro rata share of the standard service listed in paragraph (i) of this section, the following standard services are provided to customers of dedicated pallets (or dedicated FMDM/MPESS) and form the basis for establishing the standard flight price:
(i) A pro rata share of the Shuttle services normally provided, where the basis for proration is the customer's Shuttle load factor as defined in §1214.813(d)(1) for dedicated pallets and in §1214.813(e)(2) for dedicated FMDM/MPESS.
(ii) The exclusive services of the pallet (or FMDM/MPESS) and all Spacelab hardware provided to support the pallet (or FMDM/MPESS).
(iii) One day of one-shift on-orbit operations.
(iv) Launch to the standard mission destination of 160 nmi, 28.5° as defined in the Shuttle policy.
(v) Launch within a prenegotiated 90-day period in accordance with the shared-flight scheduling provisions of the Shuttle policy.
(vi) A pro rata share of the on-orbit payload operations time of two NASA-furnished mission specialists, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor.
(3) Customers contracting for a dedicated pallet (or FMDM/MPESS) flight shall reimburse NASA an amount which is the sum of:
(i) The product of the customer's Shuttle charge factor and the one-shift-operation dedicated flight price of a 1-day Spacelab mission.
(ii) The price for the use of the pallet (or FMDM/MPESS) selected (including all necessary mission-independent Spacelab equipment).
(iii) The price for all optional services provided.
(g) Complete pallet. (1) A complete Spacelab pallet is one which is sold to a single customer but flies with other Spacelab elements on a NASA or NASA-designated Spacelab flight and shares the common standard Spacelab services, e.g., shares an igloo with other pallets.
(2) In addition to a pro rata share of the standard services listed in paragraph (i) of this section, the following standard services are provided to customers of complete pallets and form the basis for the standard flight price.
(i) The pallet's pro rata share of standard Shuttle services, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor as defined in §1214.813(f)(1).
(ii) A pro rata share of 7 days of two-shift on-orbit operations, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor.
(iii) Mission destination selected by NASA in consultation with the customer.
(iv) Assignment, with the customer's concurrence, to a Spacelab flight designated by NASA.
(v) Launch date established by NASA.
(vi) A pro rata share of the on-orbit payload operations time of two NASA-furnished mission specialists, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor.
(vii) Use of the entire volume above a pallet.
(3) Users contracting for complete pallet flights shall reimburse NASA an amount which is the sum of:
(i) The product of the customer's Shuttle charge factor and the two-shift-operation dedicated flight price of a 7-day Spacelab mission. The dedicated flight price for a 7-day complete-pallet mission is the sum of the dedicated flight price for a 1-day two-shift mission and the charge for 6 extra days of two-shift on-obit operation.
(ii) The price for the use of a complete pallet, including all necessary mission-independent Spacelab equipment.
(iii) The price for all optional services provided.
(h) Shared element. (1) A shared element is a Spacelab pallet or module which:
(i) Is shared by two or more customers on a NASA-designated Spacelab flight.
(ii) Shares common standard Spacelab services with other Spacelab elements on the same flight.
(2) In aditional to a pro rata share of the standard services listed in paragraph (i) of this section, the following standard services are provided to customers of shared elements and form the basis for the standard flight price:
(i) For shared pallets, a pro rata share of the standard services provided by a pallet. The basis of proration shall be the customer's Spacelab load fraction as defined in §1214.813(g)(1)(i).
(ii) For shared modules, a pro rata share of the standard services provided by a long module flown on a dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flight. The basis of proration shall be the customer's Spacelab load fraction as defined in §1214.813(g)(1)(ii). The type of pressurized module actually used to meet a customer's requirement for a shared module shall be determined by NASA subsequent to contract negotiations.
(iii) A pro rata share of the element's share of standard Shuttle services, where the basis for proration shall be the customer's Spacelab load fraction.
(iv) A pro rata share of 7 days of two-shift on-orbit operations, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor as defined in §1214.813(g)(1).
(v) Mission destination selected by NASA in consultation with the customer.
(vi) Assignment, with the customer's concurrence, to a Spacelab flight designated by NASA.
(vii) Launch date established by NASA.
(viii) A pro rata share of the on-orbit operations time of two NASA-furnished mission specialists, where the basis of proration shall be the customer's Shuttle load factor.
(3) Customers contracting for shared-element flight shall reimburse NASA an amount which is the sum of:
(i) The product of the customer's Shuttle charge factor and the two-shift operation dedicated flight price of a 7-day Spacelab mission. The dedicated flight price for a 7-day shared-element mission is the sum of the dedicated flight price for a 1-day two-shift-mission and the charge for 6 extra days of two-shift on-orbit operations.
(ii) The product of the customer's element charge factor and the price for the use of the Spacelab element being used, including all necessary mission-independent Spacelab equipment.
(iii) The price for all optional services provided.
(i) Common standard Spacelab services. The following standard Spacelab services are common to all Spacelab flights:
(1) Use of Shuttle1 and Spacelab hardware.
1 Typical standard Shuttle services repeated for clarity.
(2) Spacelab interface analysis.
(3) Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch.1
(4) A five-person NASA flight crew consisting of commander, two pilots, and two mission specialists.
(5) Accommodations for a five-person flight crew.
(6) Prelaunch integration and interface verification of preassembled racks and pallets (Levels III, II, and I for NASA-furnished Spacelab hardware; Level I only for customer-furnished Spacelab hardware).
(7) Shuttle1 and Spacelab flight planning.
(8) Payload electrical power.
(9) Payload environmental control.
(10) On-board data acquisition and processing services.
(11) Transmission of data to a NASA-designed monitoring and control facility via the basic STS Operational Instrumentation (OI) telemetry system.
(12) Use of NASA-furnished standard payload monitoring and control facilities.
(13) Voice communications between personnel operating the customer's payload and a NASA-designated payload monitoring and control facility.
(14) NASA payload safety review.1
(15) NASA support of payload design reviews.1
(j) Typical optional Spacelab services. The following are typical optional Spacelab services:
(1) Use of special payload support equipment, e.g., instrument pointing system.
(2) Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) launch.
(3) Nonstandard mission destination.
(4) Additional time on orbit.
(5) Mission-independent training, use of, and accommodations for all flight personnel in excess of five.
(6) Mission-dependent training of all NASA-furnished personnel and backups.
(7) Analytical and/or hands-on integration (and de-integration) of the customer's payload into racks and/or onto pallets.
(8) Unique integration or testing requirements.
(9) Additional resources beyond the customer's pro rata share.
(10) Additional experiment time or crew time beyond the customer's pro rata share.
(11) Special access to and/or operation of payloads.
(12) Customer unique requirements for; software development for the Command and Data Management Subsystem (CDMS) onboard computer, configuration of the Payload Operations Control Center (POCC), and/or CDMS utilized during KSC ground processing.
(13) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) services.
(14) Payload flight planning services.
(15) Transmission of Spacelab data contained in the STS OI telemetry link to a location other than a NASA-designated monitoring and control facility.
(16) Transmission of Spacelab data not contained in the STS OI telemetry link.
(17) Level III and/or Level II integration of customer-furnished Spacelab hardware.
(k) Options. The provisions of §§1214.102(e) and 1214.202(e) do not apply to Spacelab payloads. § 1214.805 Unforeseen customer delay.
Should an unforeseen customer payload problem pose a threat of delay to the Shuttle launch schedule or critical off-line activities, NASA shall, if requested by the customer, make all reasonable efforts to prevent a delay, contingent on the availability of facilities, equipment, and personnel. In requesting NASA to make such special efforts, the customer shall agree to reimburse NASA the estimated additional cost incurred. § 1214.806 Premature termination of Spacelab flights.
If a dedicated-Shuttle Spacelab flight, a dedicated-pallet flight, or dedicated-FMDM/MPESS flight is prematurely terminated, NASA shall refund the optional services charges for planned, but unused, extra days on orbit. If a complete-pallet or shared-element flight is prematurely terminated, NASA shall refund a pro rata share of the charges for planned, but unused, extra days on orbit to customers whose payload operations are, in NASA's judgment, adversely affected by such premature termination. The basis for proration shall be the customers' Shuttle load factor. § 1214.807 Exceptional payloads.
Customers whose payloads qualify under the NASA Exceptional Program Selection Process shall reimburse NASA for Spacelab and Shuttle services on the basis indicated in the Shuttle policy. § 1214.808 Standby payloads.
The standby payload provisions of the Shuttle policy do not apply to Spacelab flights. § 1214.809 Short-term call-up and accelerated launch.
The short-term call-up and accelerated launch provisions of the Shuttle policy normally are not offered to Spacelab customers. NASA will negotiate any such customer requirements on an individual basis. § 1214.810 Integration of payloads.
(a) The customer shall bear the cost of performing the following typical Spacelab-payload mission management functions:
(1) Analytical design of the mission.
(2) Generation of mission requirements and their documentation in the Payload Integration Plan (PIP).
(3) Provision of mission unique training and payload specialists (if appropriate).
(4) Physical integration of experiments into racks and/or onto pallets.
(5) Provision of payload unique software for use during ground processing, on orbit, or in POCC operations.
(6) Supporting operations.
(7) Assuring the mission is safe.
(b) All physical integration (and de-integration) of payloads into racks and/or onto pallets will normally be performed at KSC by NASA. When the customer provides Spacelab elements, these physical integration activities may be done by the customer at a location chosen by the customer.
(c) With the exception of the restrictions noted in paragraph (b) of this section, customers contracting for dedicated-Shuttle and dedicated-pallet flights may perform the Spacelab-payload mission management functions defined in paragraph (a) of this section. NASA will assist customers in the performance of these functions, if requested. Charges for this service will be based on estimated actual costs, or actual costs where appropriate, and will be in addition to the price for standard services.
(d) For complete pallets or shared elements, NASA will normally perform the Spacelab-payload mission management functions listed in paragraph (a) of this section. Charges for this service will be based on estimated actual costs, or actual costs where appropriate, and will be in addition to the price for standard services.
(e) Integration of payload entities mentioned in paragraphs (b)–(d) of this section with NAS-furnished Spacelab support systems and with the Shuttle shall be performed by NASA as a standard service for all payloads flown on customer-furnished Spacelab elements. Customers shall be available to participate as required by NASA in these levels of integration. Customer equipment shall be operated only to the extent necessary for interface verification. Customers requiring additional payload operation after delivery of the payload to NASA shall negotiate such operation as an optional service. § 1214.811 Reflight guarantee.
(a) During the second phase of STS operations, there is no additional reflight premium for those shared-flight Spacelab payloads which can be accommodated on a standard Shuttle launch to 160 nmi, 28.5° as defined in the Shuttle policy and all dedicated-flight Spacelab payloads.
(b) NASA and the customer may negotiate appropriate reflight provisions (e.g., scheduling, reflight premiums) for payloads not covered by paragraph (a) of this section. Otherwise, no reflight services shall be provided.
(c) Reflight guarantees, if provided, must cover the customer's entire payload.
(d) Payloads covered by reflight guarantees shall be entitled to a reflight with no charge for standard Spacelab and Shuttle services if both the following occur:
(1) Through no fault of the customer or defect in the customer's payload, Spacelab systems (i.e., data, power, and cooling) are not within nominal specifications, as measured by NASA at normal Spacelab monitoring points, at the time of first turn-on of the customer's payload, all as defined in the Launch Services Agreement.
(2) The customer's mission objective is not achieved solely as a direct result of the occurrence, at the time of first turn-on of the customer's payload, of events described in paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
(e) If more than one reflight is required, no additional reflight premium shall be charged.
(f) If a payload being reflown was not initially covered by a reflight guarantee, the reimbursements for the reflight shall be the same as for a newly-scheduled launch. § 1214.812 Payload specialists.
(a) The use of customer-furnished payload specialists shall be subject to the approval of the NASA Administrator or the Administrator's designee.
(b) Customers with payloads whose Shuttle load factor is equal to or greater than 0.5 are entitled to request that a customer-selected payload specialist be flown with the customer's payload. Dedicated-flight customers are entitled to request the flight of two customer-selected payload specialists.
(c) NASA may approve the flight of a customer-selected payload specialist with payloads whose Shuttle load factor is less than 0.5 if, in NASA's judgment, there is sufficient scientific need to warrant such a flight.
(d) The standard Spacelab flight price is based on operation of the customer's payload by two NASA-furnished mission specialists. Accommodations for, and mission-independent training of, any payload specialists and backups required for the customer's mission shall be provided as optional services and shall be paid for by the customer. The price for this service shall be the same for both customer-furnished and NASA-furnished payload specialists. § 1214.813 Computation of sharing and pricing parameters.
(a) General. (1) Computational procedures as contained in the following subparagraphs of this paragraph of this section shall be applied as indicated. The procedure for computing Shuttle load factor, charge factor, and flight price for Spacelab payloads replaces the procedure contained in the Shuttle policy.
(2) Shuttle charge factors as derived herein apply to the standard mission destination of 160 nmi altitude, 28.5° inclination. Customers shall reimburse NASA an optional services fee for flights to nonstandard destinations.
(3) The customer's total Shuttle charge factor shall be the sum of the Shuttle charge factors for the customer's individual (dedicated, complete, or shared) elements, with the limitation that the customer's Shuttle charge factor shall not exceed 1.0.
(4) Customers contracting for pallet-only payloads are entitled to locate minimal controls as agreed to by NASA in a pressurized area to be designated by NASA. There is no additional charge for this service.
(5) NASA shall, at its discretion, adjust up or down the load factors and load fractions calculated according to the procedures defined in this section. Adjustments shall be made for special space or weight requirements which include, but are not limited to:
(i) Sight clearances, orientation, or placement limits.
(ii) Clearances for movable payloads.
(iii) Unusual access clearance requirements.
(iv) Clearances extending beyond the bounds of the normal element envelope.
(v) Extraordinary shapes.
The adjusted values shall be used as the basis for computing charge factors and prorating services.
(b) Definitions used in computations—(1) LC=Chargeable payload length, m. The total length in the cargo bay occupied by the customer's experiment and the Spacelab element(s) used to carry it.
(2) WC=The weight of the customer's payload and the customer's pro rata share of the weight of NASA mission-peculiar equipment carried to meet the customer's needs, kg.
(c) Dedicated-shuttle spacelab flight (1-day mission). The total reimbursement is as defined in §1214.804(e)(3).
(d) Dedicated-pallet flight (1-day mission). (1) The Shuttle load factors and charge factors for dedicated-pallet flights are shown in table 1. Subject to other STS Spacelab structural limits, customers are entitled to utilize the payload weight capability of the pallets as indicated in table 1. Payload weights in excess of those shown are subject to NASA approval and may entail optional services charges.
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