AFI10-1202_AFSPCSUP governs Space Test Program management, including auxiliary payload requirements, processing, operations, and launch.
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The publication addresses STP reports, historical files, security, safety, radio frequency licensing, and information release. It requires reports on program status, launch activity, and funding status, and requires technical documentation confirming experiment safety criteria.
Applies to: It applies to all AFSPC organizations involved in auxiliary payload (APL) requirements, processing, operations and launch.
The STP Office is directed to maintain an STP Library that includes copies of all approved DD Forms 1721, 17211 and 1721-2, list of experiments flown, launch history, costs, and pictures. (paragraph 1)
Sponsors and PIs must provide the technical documentation required to confirm that the experiment meets safety criteria. (paragraph 1)
For SERB missions which STP acquires the SC, the STP Office arranges for radio frequency licensing for the entire system, including the SC, experiments, and ground sites. (paragraph 1)
When the SERB experiment is a piggyback on a non-STP host SV then the organization responsible for the host SV arranges for the frequency license for the SV. (paragraph 1)
Sponsors and PIs must consult applicable DoD, AF, AFSPC, and NASA safety regulations early in the experiment design phase with help from the STP Office. (paragraph 1)