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Division [9A004] Space launch vehicles, "spacecraft", "spacecraft buses", "spacecraft mission equipment", "spacecraft" on-board systems or equipment, terrestrial equipment, air-launch platforms and “sub-orbital craft” as follows:F1F2F3

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

NB:

SEE ALSO 9A104.

  1. a..

    Space launch vehicles;

  2. b..

    "Spacecraft";

    F4N.B.For “sub-orbital craft”, see 9A004.h.

  3. c..

    "Spacecraft buses";

  4. d..

    "Spacecraft F5mission equipment" incorporating items specified in 3A001.b.1.a.4., 3A002.g., 5A001.a.1., 5A001.b.3., 5A002.c., 5A002.e., 6A002.a.1., 6A002.a.2., 6A002.b., 6A002.d., 6A003.b., 6A004.c., 6A004.e., 6A008.d., 6A008.e., 6A008.k., 6A008.l. or 9A010.c.;

  5. e..

    On-board systems or equipment, specially designed for "spacecraft" and having any of the following functions:

    1. 1..

      F6Command and telemetry data handling;

      Note:

      9A004.e.1. includes bus data management, storage, and processing.

    2. 2..

      Payload data handling; or

      Note:

      9A004.e.2. includes management, storage, and processing of “spacecraft mission equipment” data.

    3. 3..

      Attitude and orbit control;

      Note:

      9A004.e.3. includes sensing and actuation to determine and control the position and orientation of a “spacecraft”.

    NB:

    For equipment specially designed for military use, SEE MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.

  6. f..

    Terrestrial equipment specially designed for "spacecraft", as follows:

    1. 1..

      Telemetry and telecommand equipment specially designed for any of the following data processing functions:

      1. a..

        Telemetry data processing of frame synchronisation and error corrections, for monitoring of operational status (also known as health and safe status) of the "spacecraft bus"; or

      2. b..

        Command data processing for formatting command data being sent to the "spacecraft" to control the "spacecraft bus";

    2. 2..

      Simulators specially designed for ‘verification of operational procedures’ of "spacecraft";

      Technical Note:

      For the purposes of 9A004.f.2., ‘verification of operational procedures’ is any of the following:

      1.

      Command sequence confirmation;

      2.

      Operational training;

      3.

      Operational rehearsals; or

      4.

      Operational analysis.

  7. g..

    "Aircraft" specially designed or modified to be air-launch platforms for space launch vehicles F7or “sub-orbital craft”;

  8. h..

    "Sub-orbital craft".

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.

F2

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A004 substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(b)(i)

F3

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A004 substituted (31.3.2023) by The Export Control (Military and Dual-Use Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/302), regs. 1, 5(2)(i)(i)

F4

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A004.b. inserted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(b)(ii)

F5

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A004.d. substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(b)(iii)

F6

Annex 1 Entry 9A004.e.1-9A004.e.3 substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(b)(iv)

F7

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A004.g inserted (31.3.2023) by The Export Control (Military and Dual-Use Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/302), regs. 1, 5(2)(i)(ii)