[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR440 App A]
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TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PART 440_FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY--Table of Contents
Subpart A_Financial Responsibility for Licensed and Permitted Activities
Sec. Appendix A to Part 440--Information Requirements for Obtaining a
Maximum Probable Loss Determination for Licensed or Permitted Activities
Any person requesting a maximum probable loss determination shall
submit the following information to the FAA, unless the FAA has waived a
particular information requirement under 14 CFR 440.7(c):
Part 1: Information Requirements for Licensed Launch, Including
Suborbital Launch
I. General Information
A. Mission description.
1. A description of mission parameters, including:
a. Launch trajectory;
b. Orbital inclination; and
c. Orbit altitudes (apogee and perigee).
2. Flight sequence.
3. Staging events and the time for each event.
4. Impact locations.
5. Identification of the launch site facility, including the launch
complex on the site, planned date of launch, and launch windows.
6. If the applicant has previously been issued a license or permit
to conduct activities using the same vehicle from the same launch site,
a description of any differences planned in the conduct of proposed
activities.
B. Launch vehicle description.
1. General description of the launch vehicle and its stages,
including dimensions.
2. Description of major systems, including safety systems.
3. Description of rocket motors 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 the payload, including type (e.g.,
telecommunications, remote sensing), propellants, and hazardous
components or materials, such as toxic or radioactive substances.
D. Flight safety system.
1. Identification of any flight safety system on the vehicle,
including a description of operations and component location on the
vehicle.
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II. Pre-Flight Processing Operations
A. General description of pre-flight operations including vehicle
processing consisting of an operational flow diagram showing the overall
sequence and location of operations, commencing with arrival of vehicle
components at the launch site facility through final safety checks and
countdown sequence, and designation of hazardous operations, as defined
in 14 CFR 440.3. For purposes of these information requirements, payload
processing, as opposed to integration, is not a hazardous operation.
B. For each hazardous operation, including but not limited to
fueling, solid rocket motor build-up, ordnance installation, ordnance
checkout, movement of hazardous materials, and payload integration:
1. Identification of location where each operation will be
performed, including each building or facility identified by name or
number.
2. Identification of facilities adjacent to the location where each
operation will be performed and therefore exposed to risk, identified by
name or number.
3. Maximum number of Government personnel and individuals not
involved in licensed activities who may be exposed to risk during each
operation. For Government personnel, identification of his or her
employer.
4. Identification of launch site policies or requirements applicable
to the conduct of operations.
III. Flight Operations
A. Identification of launch site facilities exposed to risk during
licensed flight.
B. Identification of accident failure scenarios, probability
assessments for each, and estimation of risks to Government personnel,
individuals not involved in licensed 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 lift-off and flight of a launch
vehicle (on-range, off-range, and down-range) and specific, unique
facilities exposed to risk. Scenarios shall cover the range of launch
trajectories, inclinations and orbits for which authorization is sought
in the license application.
C. On-orbit risk analysis assessing risks posed by a launch vehicle
to operational satellites.
D. Reentry risk analysis assessing risks to Government personnel and
individuals not involved in licensed activities as a result of
reentering debris or reentry of the launch vehicle or its components.
E. Trajectory data as follows: Nominal and 3-sigma lateral
trajectory data in x, y, z and x (dot), y (dot), z (dot) coordinates in
one-second intervals, data to be pad-centered with x being along the
initial launch azimuth and continuing through impact for suborbital
flights, and continuing through orbital insertion or the end of powered
flight for orbital flights.
F. Tumble-turn data for guided vehicles only, as follows: For
vehicles with gimbaled nozzles, tumble turn data with zeta angles and
velocity magnitudes stated. A separate table is required for each
combination of fail times (every two to four seconds), and significant
nozzle angles (two or more small angles, generally between one and five
degrees).
G. Identification of debris lethal areas and the projected number
and ballistic coefficient of fragments expected to result from flight
termination, initiated either by command or self-destruct mechanism, for
lift-off, land overflight, and reentry.
IV. Post-Flight Processing Operations
A. General description of post-flight ground operations including
overall sequence and location of operations for removal of vehicle
components and processing equipment from the launch 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 launch activities that may be exposed to risk
during each operation. For Government personnel, identification of his
or her employer.
4. Identification of launch site facility policies or requirements
applicable to the conduct of operations.
Part 2: Information Requirements for Licensed Reentry
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 the 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.
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6. If the applicant has previously been issued a license or permit
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 Safety System.
1. Identification of any flight safety system 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, 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.
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 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
intervals; 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.
Part 3: Information Requirements for Permitted Activities
In addition to the information required in part 437 subpart B, an
applicant for an experimental permit must provide, for each permitted
pre-flight and post-flight operation, the following information to the
FAA:
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A. Identification of location where each operation will be
performed, including any U.S. Government or third party facilities
identified by name or number.
B. Identification of any U.S. Government or third party facilities
adjacent to the location where each operation will be performed and
therefore exposed to risk, identified by name or number.
C. Maximum number of Government personnel and individuals not
involved in permitted activities that may be exposed to risk during each
operation. For Government personnel, identification of his or her
employer.