Appendix A to Part 440 - Information Requirements for Obtaining a Maximum Probable Loss Determination for Licensed or Permitted Activities
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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.
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.
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:
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.