Appendix A to Part 960 - Application Information Required
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Appendix A to Part 960 - Application Information Required
To apply for a license to operate a remote sensing space system
under 51 U.S.C. 60101, et seq. and this part, you must
provide:
1. Material Facts: Fully accurate and responsive information to
the following prompts under “Description of Applicant (Operator)”
and “Description of System.” If a question is not applicable, write
“N/A” and explain, if necessary.
2. Affirmation: Confirm by indicating below that there will be,
at all times, measures in place to ensure positive control of any
spacecraft in the system that have propulsion, if applicable to
your system. Such measures include encryption of telemetry,
command, and control communications or alternative measures
consistent with industry best practice.
3. Your response to each prompt below constitutes a material
fact. If any information you submit becomes inaccurate or
incomplete before a license grant or denial, you must promptly
contact the Secretary and submit correct and updated information as
instructed by the Secretary.
Part A: Description of Applicant (Operator)
1. General Applicant Information
a. Name of Applicant (entity or individual):
b. Location and address of Applicant:
c. Applicant contact information (for example, general corporate
or university contact information):
d. Contact information for a specific individual to serve as the
point of contact with Commerce:
e. Contact information for a specific individual to serve as the
point of contact with Commerce for limited-operations directives,
if different than main point of contact, in the event that the
applicant will receive a license in Tier 2 or Tier 3:
f. Place of incorporation and, if incorporated outside the
United States, an acknowledgement that you will operate your system
within the United States and are therefore subject to the
Secretary's jurisdiction under this part:
2. Ownership interests in the Applicant:
a. If there is majority U.S. ownership: Report any domestic
entity or individual with an ownership interest in the Applicant
totaling at least 50 percent:
b. If there is not majority U.S. ownership: Report all foreign
entities or individuals whose ownership interest in the Applicant
is at least 10 percent:
c. Report any ownership interest in the Applicant by any foreign
entity or individual on the Department of Commerce's Bureau of
Industry and Security's Denied Persons List or Entity List or on
the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control's
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List:
3. Identity of any subsidiaries and affiliates playing a role in
the operation of the System, including a brief description of that
role:
Part B: Description of System
1. General System Information
a. Name of system:
b. Brief mission description:
2. Remote Sensing Instrument(s) parameters
a. Sensor type (Electro Optical, Multi-Spectral (MSI),
Hyperspectral (HSI), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Light
Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Thermal Infrared (TIR), etc.):
b. Imaging/frame rate in Hertz; pulse repetition frequency for
SAR or LIDAR:
c. Spatial resolution in meters (show calculation for the
anticipated finest ground spatial distance (GSD), impulse response
(IPR), or other relevant appropriate unit of resolution):
d. Spectral range in nanometers:
e. Collection volume in area per unit time per spacecraft:
Provide an estimate of the maximum number of square kilometers of
which the system can provide data/imagery per hour or per minute.
If this is a fast-framing system, consider each recorded frame as a
separate image collected:
f. Ability of the remote sensing instrument to slew, point, or
digitally look off-axis from the x, y, and z axes of travel:
3. If any entity or individual other than the Applicant will
own, control, or manage any remote sensing instrument in the
System:
a. Identity and contact information of that entity or
individual:
b. Relationship to Applicant (i.e., operating under
Applicant's instructions under a contract):
4. Spacecraft Upon Which the Remote Sensing Instrument(s) is
(are) Carried
a. Description:
b. Estimated launch date(s) in calendar quarter:
c. Number of spacecraft (system total and maximum in-orbit at
one time):
d. For each spacecraft, provide the following (or if an entire
constellation will have substantially the same orbital
characteristics, provide these values for the entire constellation
and note whether or not all spacecraft will be evenly spaced)
i. Altitude range in kilometers:
ii. Inclination range in degrees:
iii. Period (time of a single orbit):
iv. Longitude of the ascending node:
v. Eccentricity:
vi. Argument of perigee:
vii. Propulsion (yes/no). (If “yes,” you must complete the
affirmation in the beginning of this application):
viii. Ability of the spacecraft to slew, point, or digitally
look off-axis from the x, y, and z axes of travel:
5. If any entity or individual other than the Applicant will
own, control, or manage any spacecraft in the System
a. Identity and contact information of that entity or
individual:
b. Whether that entity or individual is a U.S. person:
c. Relationship to Applicant (i.e., operating under
Applicant's instructions under a contract):
6. Ground Components
a. Location of Mission Control Center(s) with the ability to
operate the system, including where commands are generated:
b. Location of other Ground Station components of the system,
meaning facilities that communicate commands to the instrument or
receive unenhanced data from it, and facilities that conduct data
preprocessing:
c. If any entity or individual other than the Applicant will
own, control, or manage any mission control center(s) with
the ability to operate the System
i. Identity and contact information of that entity or
individual:
ii. Relationship to Applicant (i.e., operating under
Applicant's instructions under a contract):
7. Information Applicable to Multi-Spectral Imaging (MSI) and/or
Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI). Applicants must complete this section
only if the response in Part B section 2.a. is “MSI” and/or
“HSI.”
a. Number of spectral bands:
b. Individual spectral bandwidths (to include range of the upper
and lower ends of each spectral band in nanometers):
8. Noise Equivalent Target (NET). Applicants must complete this
section only if the response in Part B 2.c. is 5 meters or less,
and the answer in Part B section 2.a. is neither “SAR” nor “LIDAR.”
NET is the primary parameter used by the U.S. Government to
describe an Electro Optical sensor's light sensitivity performance
for a target at the same distance from the sensor as is specified
as the minimum operating altitude in Part B section 4.d.i. If NET
cannot be calculated, simply report the expected minimum detectable
ground target radiance in watts:
9. Information Applicable to Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)
if used for remote sensing. Responses should include the
calculations used to derive the reported parameters. Applicants
must complete this section only if the response in Part B section
2.a. is “LIDAR.”
a. Type (linear scanning or flash LIDAR (Geiger)):
b. Laser wavelength and pulse frequency:
c. Laser pulse width:
d. Spectral linewidth:
e. Z/Elevation accuracy in meters:
10. Information Applicable to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
Applicants must complete this section only if the response in Part
B section 2.a. is “SAR.”
a. Azimuth resolution (ground plane):
b. Range resolution (ground plane):
c. SAR Signal-To-Noise Ratio (SNR):
d. Polarization Capability (i.e. dual polarization, quad
polarization):
e. Complex data: Preservation of phase history data in standard
format? (yes/no):
f. Center frequency:
g. Squint and Graze angles (include maximum and minimum), or
other parameters that determine the size and shape of the area of
regard of the sensor collection footprint at the ground:
11. Information Applicable to Thermal Infrared (TIR). TIR is
defined as collecting in the spectral range of 3.0-5.0 and/or
8.0-12.0-micrometers. Applicants must complete this section only if
the response in Part B section 2.a. is “TIR.”
a. Estimated relative thermometric accuracy in degrees Kelvin (±
× degrees of actual):
b. Noise Equivalent Differential Temperature (NEDT), or if NEDT
cannot be calculated, simply provide the expected temperature
sensitivity in terms of minimum resolvable temperature difference
in degrees 1 :
1 NEDT (noise equivalent differential temperature) is the key
figure of merit which is used to qualify midwave (MWIR) and
longwave (LWIR) infrared cameras. It is a signal-to-noise figure
which represents the temperature difference which would produce
a signal equal to the camera's temporal noise. It therefore
represents approximately the minimum temperature difference which
the camera can resolve. It is calculated by dividing the temporal
noise by the response per degree (responsivity) and is usually
expressed in units of milliKelvins. The value is a function of the
camera's f/number, its integration time, and the temperature at
which the measurement is made.
Part C: Requests for Standard License Condition Waivers or
Adjustments
Standard license conditions are listed at §§ 960.8. 960.9, and
960.10 for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 systems, respectively. If
requesting that any of these be waived or adjusted, please identify
the specific standard license condition and explain why one of the
following circumstances applies:
1. The requirement is not applicable due to the nature of the
Applicant or the proposed system;
2. The Applicant will achieve the goal in a different way;
or
3. There is other good cause to waive or adjust the
condition.
Optional: You may submit evidence of the availability of
unenhanced data that is substantially the same as unenhanced data
you propose to produce with your system. The Secretary will take
any such evidence into account, in addition to other evidence of
availability, when determining the appropriate tier for your system
under § 960.6.