9D515 Category 9D
“Software” “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, installation, maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of “spacecraft” and related commodities, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
Category 9: Aerospace and Propulsion
Reasons for control
- NS: National security
- RS: Regional stability
- AT: Anti-terrorism
Country chart
| Control | Column |
|---|---|
| AT applies to entire entry | AT 1 |
| NS applies to 9D515.x | NS 2 |
| NS applies to entire entry except 9D515.x and y | NS 1 |
| RS applies to 9D515.x | RS 2 |
| RS applies to 9D515.y, except to Russia for use in, with, or for the International Space Station (ISS), including launch to the ISS | None |
| RS applies to entire entry except 9D515.x and y | RS 1 |
List-based license exceptions
| Exception | As stated in the entry |
|---|---|
| TSR | N/A |
Items
- a. “Software” (other than “software” controlled in paragraphs .b, .d, or .e of this entry) “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, installation, maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of commodities controlled by ECCN 9A515 (except 9A515.d, .e, or .x) or 9B515.
- b. “Source code” that:
- b.1. Contains the algorithms or control principles (e.g., for clock management), precise orbit determination (e.g., for ephemeris or pseudo range analysis), signal construct (e.g., pseudo-random noise (PRN) anti-spoofing) “specially designed” for items controlled by ECCN 9A515;
- b.2. Is “specially designed” for the integration, operation, or control of items controlled by ECCN 9A515;
- b.3. Contains algorithms or modules “specially designed” for system, subsystem, component, part, or accessory calibration, manipulation, or control of items controlled by ECCN 9A515;
- b.4. Is “specially designed” for data assemblage, extrapolation, or manipulation of items controlled by ECCN 9A515;
- b.5. Contains the algorithms or control laws “specially designed” for attitude, position, or flight control of items controlled in ECCN 9A515; or
- b.6. Is “specially designed “for built-in test and diagnostics for items controlled by ECCN 9A515.
- c. [Reserved]
- d. “Software” “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, failure analysis or anomaly resolution of commodities controlled by ECCN 9A515.d.
- e. “Software” “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, failure analysis or anomaly resolution of commodities controlled by ECCN 9A515.e.
- f. through w. [Reserved]
- x. “Software” “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, failure analysis or anomaly resolution of commodities controlled by ECCN 9A515.x.
- y. Specific “software” “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” operation, or maintenance of commodities enumerated in ECCN 9A515.y.
Related controls
(1) “Software” directly related to articles described in USML Category XV is subject to the ITAR. (2) See also ECCNs 3D001, 6D001, 6D002, and 6D991 for controls of specific “software” “specially designed” for certain “space-qualified” items. (3) For “software” for items listed in 9A004.d that are incorporated into “spacecraft payloads”, see the appropriate “software” ECCN within those Categories.
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.