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Presented to: IPACG/44
By: Holly King
Date: August 23, 2018
Federal AviationAdministration
Oakland Oceanic and
International
Airspace Procedures
Commercial and Military
Space Operations
Oakland Oceanic Control Area
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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.
Oakland Oceanic Control Area
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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.
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