1、796 14 CFR Ch. III (1111 Edition) Pt. 420 on a hazard analysis form with numbers and letters provided for multiple entries against an individual line item. A line item consists of a hardware or operation description and a hazard. (4) Hazard analysis data. A hazard analysis form must contain or refer
2、ence all informa-tion necessary to understand the relation-ship of a system, subsystem, component, or operation with a hazard cause, control, and verification. (e) Hazard analysis supporting data. A ground safety analysis report must include data that supports the hazard analysis. If such data does
3、not fit onto the hazard anal-ysis form, a launch operator must provide the data in a supporting data chapter. This chapter must contain a table of contents and may reference other documents that contain supporting data. PARTS 418419 RESERVED PART 420LICENSE TO OPERATE A LAUNCH SITE Subpart AGeneral
4、Sec. 420.1 Scope. 420.3 Applicability. 420.5 Definitions. 420.6420.14 Reserved Subpart BCriteria and Information Requirements for Obtaining a License 420.15 Information requirements. 420.17 Bases for issuance of a license. 420.19 Launch site location reviewgeneral. 420.21 Launch site location review
5、launch site boundary. 420.23 Launch site location reviewflight corridor. 420.25 Launch site location reviewrisk analysis. 420.27 Launch site location reviewinfor-mation requirements. 420.29 Launch site location review for unproven launch vehicles. 420.30 Launch site location review for per-mitted la
6、unch vehicles. 420.31 Agreements. 420.32420.40 Reserved Subpart CLicense Terms and Conditions 420.41 License to operate a launch sitegen-eral. 420.43 Duration. 420.45 Transfer of a license to operate a launch site. 420.47 License modification. 420.49 Compliance monitoring. Subpart DResponsibilities
7、of a Licensee 420.51 Responsibilitiesgeneral. 420.53 Control of public access. 420.55 Scheduling of launch site operations. 420.57 Notifications. 420.59 Launch site accident investigation plan. 420.61 Records. 420.63 Explosive siting. 420.65 Handling of solid propellants. 420.67 Storage or handling
8、of liquid propel-lants. 420.69 Solid and liquid propellants located together. 420.71 Lightning protection. APPENDIX A TO PART 420METHOD FOR DEFIN-ING A FLIGHT CORRIDOR APPENDIX B TO PART 420METHOD FOR DEFIN-ING A FLIGHT CORRIDOR APPENDIX C TO PART 420RISK ANALYSIS APPENDIX D TO PART 420IMPACT DISPER
9、SION AREAS AND CASUALTY EXPECTANCY ESTI-MATE FOR AN UNGUIDED SUBORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE APPENDIX E TO PART 420TABLES FOR EXPLO-SIVE SITE PLAN AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 7010170121. SOURCE: Docket No. FAA19995833, 65 FR 62861, Oct. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted. Subpart AGeneral 420.1 Scope. This part pr
10、escribes the information and demonstrations that must be pro-vided to the FAA as part of a license application, the bases for license ap-proval, license terms and conditions, and post-licensing requirements with which a licensee shall comply to re-main licensed. Requirements for pre-paring a license
11、 application are con-tained in part 413 of this subchapter. 420.3 Applicability. This part applies to any person seek-ing a license to operate a launch site or to a person licensed under this part. A person operating a site that only sup-ports amateur rocket activities as de-fined in 14 CFR 1.1, doe
12、s not need a li-cense under this part to operate the site. Docket No. FAA200727390, 73 FR 73782, Dec. 4, 2008 420.5 Definitions. For the purpose of this part. Ballistic coefficient means the weight of an object divided by the quantity VerDate Mar2010 13:23 Feb 23, 2011 Jkt 223046 PO 00000 Frm 00806
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14、 object. Compatibility means the chemical property of materials that may be lo-cated together without increasing the probability of an accident or, for a given quantity, the magnitude of the effects of such an accident. Debris dispersion radius (Dmax) means the estimated maximum distance from a laun
15、ch point that debris travels given a worst-case launch vehicle failure and flight termination early in flight. For an expendable launch vehicle, flight termination is assumed to occur at 10 seconds into flight. Downrange area means a portion of a flight corridor beginning where a launch area ends an
16、d ending 5,000 nau-tical miles from the launch point, or where the IIP leaves the surface of the Earth, whichever is shorter, for an or-bital launch vehicle; and ending with an impact dispersion area for a guided sub-orbital launch vehicle. E,F,G coordinate system means an or-thogonal, Earth-fixed,
17、geocentric, right-handed system. The origin of the coordinate system is at the center of an ellipsoidal Earth model. The E-axis is positive directed through the Green-wich meridian. The F-axis is positive directed though 90 degrees east lon-gitude. The EF-plane is coincident with the ellipsoidal Ear
18、th models equa-torial plane. The G-axis is normal to the EF-plane and positive directed through the north pole. E,N,U coordinate system means an or-thogonal, Earth-fixed, topocentric, right-handed system. The origin of the coordinate system is at a launch point. The E-axis is positive directed east.
19、 The N-axis is positive directed north. The EN-plane is tangent to an ellip-soidal Earth models surface at the ori-gin and perpendicular to the geodetic vertical. The U-axis is normal to the EN-plane and positive directed away from the Earth. Effective casualty area (Ac) means the aggregate casualty
20、 area of each piece of debris created by a launch vehicle failure at a particular point on its tra-jectory. The effective casualty area for each piece of debris is the area within which 100 percent of the unprotected population on the ground are assumed to be a casualty, and outside of which 100 per
21、cent of the population are as-sumed not to be a casualty. An effec-tive casualty area accounts for the characteristics of the debris piece, in-cluding its size, the path angle of its trajectory, impact explosions, and de-bris skip, splatter, and bounce. An ef-fective casualty area also accounts for
22、the size of a person. Explosive means any chemical com-pound or mechanical mixture that, when subjected to heat, impact, fric-tion, detonation or other suitable initi-ation, undergoes a rapid chemical change that releases large volumes of highly heated gases that exert pressure in the surrounding me
23、dium. The term applies to materials that either deto-nate or deflagrate. Explosive division means the division within hazard class 1 of an explosive as defined in the United Nations Organi-zation classification system for trans-port of dangerous goods, and as deter-mined in accordance with 49 CFR pa
24、rt 173, subpart C. Explosive equivalent means a measure of the blast effects from explosion of a given quantity of material expressed in terms of the weight of trinitrotoluene (TNT) that would produce the same blast effects when detonated. Explosive hazard facility means a fa-cility at a launch site
25、 where solid pro-pellant, liquid propellant, or other ex-plosives are stored or handled. Flight azimuth means the initial di-rection in which a launch vehicle flies relative to true north expressed in de-grees-decimal-degrees. Flight corridor means an area on the Earths surface estimated to contain
26、the hazardous debris from nominal flight of a launch vehicle, and non- nominal flight of a launch vehicle as-suming a perfectly functioning flight termination system or other flight safety system. Guided suborbital launch vehicle means a suborbital rocket that employs an ac-tive guidance system. Haz
27、ard class means the class of an ex-plosive as defined by the United Na-tions Organization classification sys-tem for transport of dangerous goods, and as determined in accordance with 49 CFR part 173, subpart C. VerDate Mar2010 13:23 Feb 23, 2011 Jkt 223046 PO 00000 Frm 00807 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SG
28、ML223046.XXX 223046WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-798 14 CFR Ch. III (1111 Edition) 420.5 Impact dispersion area means an area representing an estimated three stand-ard deviation dispersion abo
29、ut a nomi-nal impact point of an intermediate or final stage of a suborbital launch vehi-cle. Impact dispersion factor means a con-stant used to estimate, using a stage apogee, a three standard deviation dis-persion about a nominal impact point of an intermediate or final stage of a suborbital launc
30、h vehicle. Impact dispersion radius (Ri) means a radius that defines an impact disper-sion area. Impact range means the distance be-tween a launch point and the impact point of a suborbital launch vehicle stage. Impact range factor means a constant used to estimate, when multiplied by a stage apogee
31、, the nominal impact point of an intermediate or final stage of a suborbital launch vehicle. Instantaneous impact point (IIP) means an impact point, following thrust termination of a launch vehicle. IIP may be calculated with or without atmospheric drag effects. Instantaneous impact point (IIP) rang
32、e rate means a launch vehicles esti-mated IIP velocity along the Earths surface. Intraline distance means the min-imum distance permitted between any two explosive hazard facilities in the ownership, possession or control of one launch site customer. Launch area means, for a flight cor-ridor defined
33、 in accordance with appen-dix A of this part, the portion of a flight corridor from the launch point to a point 100 nautical miles in the direc-tion of the flight azimuth. For a flight corridor defined in accordance with ap-pendix B of this part, a launch area is the portion of a flight corridor fro
34、m the launch point to the enveloping line enclosing the outer boundary of the last debris dispersion circle. Launch point means a point on the Earth from which the flight of a launch vehicle begins, and is defined by its geodetic latitude, longitude and height on an ellipsoidal Earth model. Launch s
35、ite accident means an un-planned event occurring during a ground activity at a launch site result-ing in a fatality or serious injury (as defined in 49 CFR 830.2) to any person who is not associated with the activity, or any damage estimated to exceed $25,000 to property not associated with the acti
36、vity. Net explosive weight (NEW) means the total weight, expressed in pounds, of explosive material or explosive equiva-lency contained in an item. Nominal means, in reference to launch vehicle performance, trajec-tory, or stage impact point, a launch vehicle flight where all launch vehicle aerodyna
37、mic parameters are as ex-pected, all vehicle internal and exter-nal systems perform as planned, and there are no external perturbing influ-ences (e.g., winds) other than atmos-pheric drag and gravity. Overflight dwell time means the period of time it takes for a launch vehicles IIP to move past a po
38、pulated area. For a given populated area, the overflight dwell time is the time period measured along the nominal trajectory IIP ground trace from the time point whose normal with the trajectory intersects the most uprange part of the populated area to the time point whose normal with the trajectory
39、 intersects the most downrange part of the popu-lated area. Overflight exclusion zone means a por-tion of a flight corridor which must re-main clear of the public during the flight of a launch vehicle. Populated area means a land area with population. Population density means the number of people pe
40、r unit area in a populated area. Position data means data referring to the current position of a launch vehicle with respect to flight time expressed through the X, Y, Z coordinate system. Public means people and property that are not involved in supporting a licensed or permitted launch, and in-clu
41、des those people and property that may be located within the boundary of a launch site, such as visitors, any in-dividual providing goods or services not related to launch processing or flight, and any other launch operator and its personnel. Public area means any area outside a hazard area and is a
42、n area that is not in the possession, ownership or other control of a launch site operator or of VerDate Mar2010 13:23 Feb 23, 2011 Jkt 223046 PO 00000 Frm 00808 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML223046.XXX 223046WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networki
43、ng permitted without license from IHS-,-,-799 Commercial Space Transportation, FAA, DOT 420.15 a launch site customer who possesses, owns or otherwise controls that hazard area. Public area distance means the min-imum distance permitted between a public area and an explosive hazard fa-cility. Public
44、 traffic route distance means the minimum distance permitted between a public highway or railroad line and an explosive hazard facility. Trajectory means the position and ve-locity components as a function of time of a launch vehicle relative to an x, y, z coordinate system, expressed in x, y, z, x,
45、 y , z. Unguided sub-orbital launch vehicle means a sub-orbital rocket that does not have a guidance system. X, Y, Z coordinate system means an or-thogonal, Earth-fixed, topocentric, right-handed system. The origin of the coordinate system is at a launch point. The x-axis coincides with the initial
46、launch azimuth and is positive in the downrange direction. The y-axis is positive to the left looking downrange. The xy-plane is tangent to the ellip-soidal earth models surface at the ori-gin and perpendicular to the geodetic vertical. The z-axis is normal to the xy-plane and positive directed away
47、 from the earth. j0, 0, h0means a latitude, longitude, height system where j0is the geodetic latitude of a launch point, 0is the east longitude of the launch point, and h0is the height of the launch point above the reference ellipsoid. j0and 0are ex-pressed in degrees-decimal-degrees. Docket No. FAA
48、19995833, 65 FR 62861, Oct. 19, 2000, as amended by Amdt. 4203, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007 420.6420.14 Reserved Subpart BCriteria and Informa-tion Requirements for Obtain-ing a License 420.15 Information requirements. (a) General(1) Launch site operator. An applicant shall identify the name and addre
49、ss of the applicant, and the name, address, and telephone number of any person to whom inquiries and correspondence should be directed. (2) Launch site. An applicant shall provide the name and location of the proposed launch site and include the following information: (i) A list of downrange equipment; (ii) A description of the layout of the launch site, including launch points; (iii) The types of launch vehicles to be suppor
