Presented to: IPACG/44

By: Holly King

Date: August 23, 2018

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Oakland Oceanic and

International

Airspace Procedures

Commercial and Military

Space Operations

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Within International Airspace Oakland Air Route Traffic

Control Center (ARTCC) follows provisions set forth in ICAO

Doc 9426, Air Traffic Services Planning Manual. With respect

to Airspace Restrictions and Reservations, Section 3.3 of

that manual applies. The following is from that section:

3.3.1 General

3.3.1.1 Since the demands on the use of airspace are manifold, some of

which are not compatible with civil aviation (e.g. rocket firing) and because

there exist sensitive areas on the ground which need protection from

possible disturbance by overflying aircraft, it is recognized that there will be

a need for States to establish airspace restrictions of varying degrees of

severity. In addition, there are aerial activities by specific users or user

groups which may require the reservation of portions of the airspace for

their exclusive use for determined periods of time.

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c) when reservation of airspace outside territorial limits becomes unavoidable, ensure it is in

the form of a temporary airspace reservation and apply the following principles:

1) prior to requesting the establishment of a temporary airspace reservation, the

requesting authority shall obtain full information on the likely effect of such a reservation on

air traffic.

In the light of that information, the requesting authority should, to the extent possible,

select the site of the airspace reservation, and the time and duration so that this will have

the least effect on normal flight operations conducted in the area in question;

2) in specifying the extent of a requested temporary airspace reservation and its duration,

the requesting authority shall limit the size of the area to the absolute minimum required to

contain the activities intended to be conducted within that area,

4) the actual use of the temporary airspace reservation shall be based on appropriate

arrangements made between the ATS unit normally responsible for the airspace and the

requesting authority.

Oakland ARTCC must also follow provisions set forth in ICAO ASIA/PAC Basis Air

Navigation Plan. The following is an excerpt from that document:

4.2 Reservation of airspace [ASIAIPAC/3] States should:

Military Coordination Process

- MDA flight test briefings for upcoming

events with expected event dates.

- Preliminary data exchange: time frames,

duration and/or nominal hazard areas.

- Conduct analysis to determine impact:

snap shots, reroutes and calculated

mileage.

- Data is used to issue concurrence or non-

concurrence.

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Crucial

componentPACOTS

FTT-15

Impact Analysis

OCTOBER 0400-1000Z

ROUTE NUMBER OF

AIRCRAFT

REROUTE

MILES PER

AIRCRAFT

TOTAL MILES

PER REROUTE

RJAA AND

PHNL32 170 5440

PAC NW AND

PHNL12 120 1440

CEP 12 12 144

PACOTS 7 12 84

TOTALS 63 7108

Flight Test BETD Impact to FAA Comments

FTG-15 May 2017 Major-Minor ICBM design significantly

reduced NOTAM size; Only

minor impacts to air traffic.

SFTM-02 2QFY17 Minor/Major Completed

FTT-18 Summer 2017 Minor NOTAM expected to have

adequate corridor based upon

previous A/L IRBM NOTAMs

Completed

FTT-15 Summer 2017 Major-Minor Corridor analysis in Progress;

ECD 31 Jan 2017. Completed

Completed

Planning in Progress

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Flight Test IMTP QTR Impact to FAA Comments

FTO-03E1

FTG-11

3QFY18

2QFY19

Major-Minor

Major

Reviewing test design to

replicate operational realism

while moving AEGIS ship TSP

Potentially closes all CEP routes

FTT-19 (Kodiak) 4QFY19 Major Closes all US West Coast air

routes from CA to HI;

Investigating alternate Target

drop point

FTO-03E2(Kodiak)

*postponed

3QFY20 Major Closes all PACOT routes from

West Coast of North America;

additional DTD analysis

occurring alternate solutions

FTO-03E2(Wake) 3QFY20 Minor No major air routes affected

Commercial Space Updates The FAA has 31 LOAs currently in the pipeline for either Spaceports

or commercial launch companies. This includes a proposed

spaceport in Hawaii.

There is a push to speed up the process, currently an LOA still under

review after 180 days requires congressional review.

The Commercial Space Office at the Command Center has created a

space operations room and possibly up to 20 additional positions

there to handle the increased workload.

Operationally our safety management system identified a risk

associated with flyback vehicles which has caused increased safety

efforts where these types of vehicles are used in launches. During

this time the differences in safety standards between our lines of

businesses was identified (ATO and AST).

ALR (Acceptable Level of Risk) procedures are being developed, they

will most likely will be implemented in a radar surveilled environment

first. *involves the use of transitional hazard areas and a hotline to

communicate realtime launch data.

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Launch

Challenge occurring during 4th quarter of 2019.

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Challenges/Processes

• Communication with Users/ATCSCC/Service Area

• LOA Development (required for licensing)

• Operational Planning

Coordination

• Impact to Air Traffic Operations

• ALR Implementation

• Multiple Operations

Restrictions to Airspace

• Antiquated Track System (DOTS)

• Manual Environment

• Military versus Commercial Launch Procedures

System Limitations

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Commercial Space Operations

• Completed first launch or attempt

• Unknown number of launches planned

ASTRA

(Kodiak)

• Signed LOA to launch

• Future launch activity unknown

Vector Launch

(Kodiak)

• LOA out for review

• Projected 12 launches during 1st

year increase to 24 the following year.

Virgin Orbit

(Mohave)

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ASTRA/VECTOR Launch Radius

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ASTRA NOTAM AREA

ASTRA Launch Debris

Virgin Orbit (notional only)

Future Outlook

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We are attempting to use our current relationship

with the MDA as a model for commercial space

companies operating within our region.

We believe these relationships will become crucial to

realizing tangible ways to mitigate impacts.

We will continue to work with other lines of business

within the FAA researching solutions to handle the

increasing demand of commercial space.

This is major shift in current users of the airspace,

which will require a more dynamic approach to

airspace use overall.