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 Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024)
 Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
 Chapter V - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 Part 1214 - Space Flight
 Subpart 1214.9 - Small Self-Contained Payloads (SSCPs)

  § 1214.912 - Are there special provisions for SSCP participants who already have a signed LSA governed by regulations in effect before April 23, 1999?

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  • (a) Where there are participants with a signed LSA governed by the provisions of 14 CFR 1214.9 and 1214.10 in effect before April 23, 1999 (and contained in the 14 CFR, Part 1200 to end, edition revised as of January 1, 1999), and there will be new participants with a signed LSA governed by the provisions of this subpart 14 CFR 1214.9, the following provisions apply to the manifesting of payloads:

    (1) Participants with a signed LSA may elect to sign a new LSA, and retain their Earnest Money Receipt date as defined in their original signed LSA. Once the new LSA is signed, the provisions of this subpart apply to those participants.

    (2) Participants with a signed LSA who choose not to sign a new LSA will retain their Earnest Money Receipt date and their payload classification as defined in their original signed LSA, 14 CFR 1214.9 and 1214.10 in effect before April 23, 1999 and shall apply to their payload's participation in the SSCP program.

    (3) Participants who do not have a signed LSA or have not met the terms of their signed LSA will be required to either sign a new LSA or their payload will be cancelled and all monies paid will be forfeited.

    (b) The primary differences between the provisions in effect before April 23, 1999 and the provisions in this subpart are the payload classification and rotation sequence for manifesting payloads, as set forth in the following table:

    The previous rotation sequence:If you remain under the old signed LSA, your payload class will be:If and when you sign a new LSA, your payload class will be: The new rotation sequence:Class II, Class I, Class II, Class III, Class II, Class I, etc.Class I—Domestic Education
  • Class II—Other U.S. and International
  • Class III-U.S. Government
    • Class I—Domestic Education
  • Class II—U.S. Government
  • Class III—Other U.S.
  • Class IV—International
    • Class I, Class II, Class I, Class III, Class I, Class IV, Class I, etc.

    (c) Payloads will be offered tentative flight opportunities for each mission in the following sequence until the flight manifest is fulfilled:

    (1) As defined in the provisions of 14 CFR 1214.9 and 1214.10 in effect before April 23, 1999, payloads with signed LSA's will be tentatively manifested utilizing the class rotation of II, I, II, III until this queue is exhausted;

    (2) If the previous queue is exhausted and additional payloads are needed to fulfill the flight manifest, the new class rotation of I, II, I, III, I, IV, as defined in this subpart 1214.9, will then be used to tentatively manifest payloads with signed LSA's until the manifest is fulfilled.

    (3) NASA participants are not required to sign a LSA and are considered a government class payload in both rotation sequences as defined in paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section.