NOAA Letter

0967-EX-ST-2013 Post Grant Documents

Cornell University

2014-03-12ELS_146829

J%*. UNITED sTATEs DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 2 . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration C NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, mMb tnse®" AND INFORMATION SERVICE Privileged Document/Proprietary Inform: on NOAA File: COR—2013—L1 March6, 2014 Mr. Zachary Manchester Project Manager Upson Hall Ithaca, NY 14830 RE: Grant of License to Operate a Private, Space—Based, Remote Sensing System Dear Mr. Manchester: I am pleased to enclose a license for the Cornell University (herein, the Licensee) to operate a remote sensing satellite in low—Earth orbit designated as "KickSat." The license application was subject to a thoroughinteragencyreview. The operational specifications approvedin the license are based on current and expected national security, foreign policy and commercial conditions. Should these conditions change overthe life ofthe mission, the Licensee may request to have the operational specifications ofthe license amended pursuant to the regulations. See 15 CFR Part 960.7. Please keep in mind the Licensee must notify NOAAin a timely mannerof any changes to information provided to NOAA and relied uponin issuing this license. The Licensee must also provide to NOAA additional information (launch vehicle, launch location, launch date. foreign owners, foreign lenders. space segment details, grounds stationdetails, etc.) immediately upon determination viaa standardlicense amendment application. Pursuant to License condition 4.g, remote sensing operations will be limited to sensingofthe surface ofthe Earth only. However, the Licensee is authorized to operate the imaging sensor for the purpose ofChipsat (Sprite) deployment monitoring. In accordance with 15 CFR §960.8, the Licensee must notify NOAA ofanysignificant or substantial foreign agrcementsthat the Licensee intendsto enter into noless than 60 days prior to entering into such agreements. In accordance with 15 CFR § 960.5, the Licensee must provide a publicly—releasable summaryof the licensed System within 3() days ofthe license issuance. This license is for the KickSat system andnot for anyothersystem, present or future. The issuance ofthis license does not indicate a commitment by any U.S. Government agencyto purchase data or products from the system. Privileged Document/Proprietary Information

This NOAA license is not an export authorization, and does not satisfy any requirement for Licensee to obtain appropriate export authorizations from the Department of State. Please refer any questions regarding this license approval to Tahara D. Dawkins, Director, NOAA Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs at 301—713—3385. Sincerely, 4293—5. 74‘&, Mary E. Kicza Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services Enclosure


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