Aerospace and Propulsion
Space launch vehicles and 'spacecraft', 'spacecraft buses', 'spacecraft payloads', 'spacecraft' on-board systems or equipment, and terrestrial equipment, as follows:
9A004.aSpace launch vehicles (including their propulsion systems and components)
9A004.b'Spacecraft' (including satellites)
9A004.c'Spacecraft buses'
9A004.d'Spacecraft payloads' having any of the following: 1. Instruments for sensing earth or its environment; 2. Designed or modified for telecommunications; 3. Designed or modified for autonomous navigation or guidance
9A004.eOn-board systems or equipment, specially designed for 'spacecraft', as follows: 1. Attitude and orbit control systems; 2. Thermal control systems
9A004.fTerrestrial equipment specially designed for 'spacecraft', as follows: 1. Telemetry and telecommand equipment; 2. Simulators of spacecraft on-board systems
9A004.e.1‘Command and telemetry data handling’;
9A004.e.2‘Payload data handling’; or
9A004.e.3‘Attitude and orbit control’;
9A004.f.1Telemetry and telecommand equipment specially designed for any of the following data processing functions:
9A004.f.1.aTelemetry 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
9A004.f.1.bCommand data processing for formatting command data being sent to the "spacecraft" to control the "spacecraft bus";
9A004.f.2Simulators specially designed for ‘verification of operational procedures’ of "spacecraft";
9A004.g"Aircraft" specially designed or modified to be air-launch platforms for space launch vehicles or "sub-orbital craft";
9A004.h"Sub-orbital craft".
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