Office of Commercial Space Transportation

PART 450: 3 DAY WORKSHOP AGENDA 

November 4-6, 2020

10:00 AM – 4:30 PM Eastern 

(all agenda times are approximate) 

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 

10:00 AM Opening Remarks 

10:10 AM Part 450 Overview 

10:55 AM Pre-Application Consultation 

10:55 AM Sample Application Letter Template 

11:05 AM Application Compliance Checklist 

11:15 AM Sample Compliance Document List 

11:20 AM Pre-Application Consultation Checklist 

11:25 AM Means of Compliance Table 

11:30 AM Q&A 

11:45 AM LUNCH BREAK: 30 minutes 

12:15 PM Subpart A - General Information 

12:15 PM § 450.1 Applicability 

12:17 PM § 450.3 Scope of a vehicle operator license 

12:22 PM § 450.5 Issuance of a vehicle operator license 

12:24 PM § 450.7 Duration of a vehicle operator license 

12:26 PM § 450.9 Additional license terms and conditions 

12:28 PM § 450.11 Transfer of a vehicle operator license 

12:30 PM § 450.13 Rights not conferred by a vehicle operator license 

12:32 PM Q&A 

12:47 PM Subpart B - Requirements to Obtain a Vehicle Operator License 

12:47 PM § 450.31 General. 

12:49 PM § 450.33 Incremental review and determinations 

12:54 PM § 450.35 Accepted means of compliance 

12:59 PM § 450.37 Equivalent level of safety 

1:04 PM § 450.39 Use of safety element approval 

1:09 PM § 450.41 Policy review and approval 

1:14 PM § 450.43 Payload review and determination 

1:19 PM § 450.45 Safety review and approval 

1:24 PM § 450.47 Environmental review 

1:26 PM Q&A 

1:41 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

1:51 PM Part 450 Subpart C - Safety Requirements 

1:51 PM § 450.101 Safety Criteria 

2:51 PM Q&A 

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3:11 PM BREAK: 10 minute 

3:21 PM § 450.103 System Safety Program 

3:36 PM Q&A 

3:51 PM § 450.107 Hazard Control Strategies 

4:06 PM Q&A 

4:26 PM Closing Remarks: Day 1 

Thursday, November 5, 2020 

10:00 AM Opening Remarks 

10:06 AM Part 450 Subpart C - Safety Requirements - Continued 

§ 450.108 Flight Abort 

10:51 AM Q&A 

11:06 AM § 450.109 Flight Hazard Analysis 

11:21 AM § 450.110 Physical Containment 

11:23 AM § 450.111 Wind Weighting 

11:25 AM Q&A 

11:40 AM LUNCH BREAK 

12:10 PM Flight Safety Analysis 

12:10 PM § 450.113 Flight Safety Analysis Requirements—Scope 

12:40 PM § 450.115 Flight Safety Analysis Methods. 

12:50 PM Q&A 

1:00 PM § 450.117 Trajectory Analysis for Normal Flight 

1:15 PM § 450.119 Trajectory Analysis for Malfunction Flight. 

1:30 PM § 450.121 Debris Analysis. 

1:45 PM § 450.123 Population Exposure Analysis. 

1:55 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

2:05 PM § 450.131 Probability of Failure Analysis 

2:20 PM § 450.133 Flight Hazard Area Analysis 

2:35 PM Q&A 

2:50 PM § 450.135 Debris Risk Analysis 

3:05 PM § 450.137 Far-field Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis 

3:15 PM § 450.139 Toxic Hazards for Flight 

3:25 PM Q&A 

3:40 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

3:50 PM Prescribed Hazard for Safety - Critical Hardware and Computing Systems 

3:50 PM § 450.141 Computing Systems 

4:10 PM Q&A 

4:25 PM Closing Remarks : Day 2 

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Friday, November 6, 2020 

10:00 AM Opening Remarks 

10:05 AM Prescribed Hazard for Safety - Critical Hardware and Computing Systems 

- Continued 

§ 450.143 Safety-Critical System Design, Test, and Documentation 

10:20 AM § 450.145 Highly-Reliable Flight Safety System 

10:25 AM Q&A 

10:40 AM Other Prescribed Hazard Controls 

10:40 AM § 450.147 Agreements 

10:42 AM § 450.149 Safety-Critical Personnel Qualifications 

10:44 AM § 450.151 Work Shift and Rest Requirements 

10:49 AM § 450.153 Radio Frequency Management. 

10:51 AM § 450.155 Readiness 

10:54 AM § 450.157 Communications 

10:56 AM § 450.159 Pre-flight Procedures 

10:58 AM § 450.161 Control of Hazard Areas 

11:03 AM § 450.163 Lightning Hazard Mitigation 

11:08 AM § 450.165 Flight commit criteria 

11:11 AM § 450.167 Tracking 

11:13 AM § 450.177 Unique Policies, Requirements and Practices 

11:15 AM Q&A 

11:30 AM LUNCH BREAK: 30 minutes 

12:00 PM COLA, Safety at End of Launch 

12:00 PM § 450.169 Launch and Reentry Collision Avoidance Analysis Requirements 

12:10 PM § 450.171 Safety at End of Launch 

12:15 PM Q&A 

12:30 PM Mishap and Test Induced Damage 

12:30 PM § 450.173 Mishap Plan—Reporting, Response, and Investigation Requirements. 

12:45 PM Q&A 

1:00 PM § 450.175 Test-induced Damage 

1:15 PM Q&A 

1:30 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

1:40 PM Ground Safety 

1:40 PM § 450.179 Ground Safety—General. 

1:45 PM § 450.181 Coordination with a Site Operator 

1:47 PM § 450.183 Explosive Site Plan 

1:49 PM § 450.185 Ground Hazard Analysis 

1:54 PM Q&A 

2:09 PM § 450.187 Toxic Hazards Mitigation for Ground Operations 

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2:19 PM § 450.189 Ground Safety Prescribed Hazard Controls 

2:25 PM Q&A 

2:40 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

2:50 PM Subpart D - Terms and Conditions of a Vehicle Operator License 

2:50 PM § 450.201 Public safety responsibility. 

2:52 PM § 450.203 Compliance with license. 

2:54 PM § 450.205 Financial responsibility requirements. 

2:56 PM § 450.207 Human spaceflight requirements. 

2:58 PM § 450.209 Compliance monitoring. 

3:00 PM § 450.211 Continuing accuracy of license application; application for 

modification of license. 

3:02 PM § 450.213 Pre-flight reporting. 

3:04 PM § 450.215 Post-flight reporting. 

3:06 PM § 450.217 Registration of space objects. 

3:08 PM § 450.219 Records. 

3:10 PM Q&A 

3:25 PM BREAK: 10 minutes 

3:35 PM Part 450 Crosswalk Mapping for Legacy Operators 

4:20 PM Q&A 

4:35 PM Closing Remarks : Day 3 

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