Remote Sensing Space Systems Regulations (SOR/2007-66)

Archiving and Access to Raw Data

Marginal note:Archiving raw data

• 17 (1) A licensee must archive raw data from the remote sensing satellite in a readily retrievable format for a minimum period of 15 months from

  • (a) the day on which an entry for the raw data was first made in a catalogue accessible to the public; or

  • (b) if the raw data was not entered in a catalogue accessible to the public, the day on which the raw data was received by a ground station.

• Marginal note:Notice of proposed disposal to Minister

  (2) A licensee must, before disposing of the raw data, notify the Minister and provide the following information about each scene of raw data:

  • (a) a unique identifier;

  • (b) the date and time when the raw data was acquired by the remote sensing satellite;

  • (c) the geographic boundaries of the scene;

  • (d) the position of the satellite when the raw data was acquired;

  • (e) the sensor modes used to acquire the raw data;

  • (f) the ground station that received the raw data;

  • (g) the date and time when the ground station received the raw data;

  • (h) the date on or after which the raw data will be disposed of;

  • (i) the cost to communicate the raw data; and

  • (j) the name and contact information of a contact person.

• Marginal note:Timing of notice

  (3) The licensee may not send the notice until 12 months of the 15-month period referred to in subsection (1) have expired.

• Marginal note:Disposal of raw data

  (4) The licensee may not dispose of the raw data until three months after the day on which the notice was sent.

Marginal note:Notice of proposed disposal to others

18 On receipt of a notification under subsection 17(2), the Minister may, and the licensee must on the request of the Minister, inform any person to whom the licensee is authorized to communicate raw data under subsection 8(6) of the Act about the proposed disposal of the raw data.

Marginal note:Request for raw data

• 19 (1) The Minister or a person to whom the licensee is authorized to communicate raw data under subsection 8(6) of the Act may, at any time before the raw data is disposed of, request the communication of the raw data from the contact person referred to in paragraph 17(2)(j), and the licensee must provide the raw data as soon as feasible.

• Marginal note:Payment

  (2) The Minister or the person that receives the raw data must pay the licensee an amount equal to the reasonable costs of communicating the data.

Reports

Marginal note:Design review

• 20 (1) A licensee must provide to the Minister reports of the preliminary design review and critical design review for the following elements of the licensed system:

  • (a) the remote sensing space system as a whole;

  • (b) each type of remote sensing sensor of each type of remote sensing satellite;

  • (c) each type of satellite platform of each type of remote sensing satellite;

  • (d) each class of telemetry, tracking and control station of the system, including its command generation and information assurance subsystems; and

  • (e) each class of ground station of the system, including its reception, storage, processing, delivery and information assurance subsystems.

• Marginal note:Contents

  (2) Each report must contain a copy in written or electronic format of all information, documents and records prepared by or for the licensee for the review.

• Marginal note:Deadline to provide reports

  (3) The licensee must provide each report within 45 days after the completion of each review.

Marginal note:Launch and flight sensors

21 A licensee must, as soon as feasible, provide a written report to the Minister

• (a) of the entry into effect of a contract for the launch of the first remote sensing satellite of the licensed system; and

• (b) of the licensee’s taking delivery of the flight sensors of the first remote sensing satellite of the licensed system.

Marginal note:Proposed launch

• 22 (1) A licensee must, at least 45 days prior to the planned launch of a remote sensing satellite, provide a written report to the Minister that contains

  • (a) the start date and time, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time, of the planned launch window and its duration expressed in days;

  • (b) the name and location of the launch site expressed as a latitude and longitude;

  • (c) the azimuth of the proposed launch trajectory expressed in degrees measured positive clockwise from True North in a local frame of reference centred on the launch site;

  • (d) the type of the launch vehicle; and

  • (e) the geographic boundaries of the area that could be subject to falling debris from a normal launch and from a launch failure.

• Marginal note:Change in information

  (2) The licensee shall, without delay, inform the Minister of any change in any of the information provided under subsection (1).

Marginal note:Satellite becoming operational

• 23 (1) A licensee must, within 21 days after a remote sensing satellite becomes operational, provide a written report to the Minister that contains

  • (a) the date of the launch and the name and location of the launch site expressed as a latitude and longitude;

  • (b) the basic orbital parameters of the satellite, including nodal period, inclination, apogee and perigee; and

  • (c) any difference between the satellite performance specifications set out in the conditions of the licence and the actual performance of the satellite.

• Marginal note:Satellite failure

  (2) If a remote sensing satellite fails to become operational or becomes inoperable, the licensee must, within 21 days after determining that fact, provide a written report to the Minister that contains the information described in subsection (1) as is appropriate in the circumstances.

Representations and Notice

Marginal note:Representations

• 24 (1) A representation made to a minister or an enforcement officer under the Act must be in writing.

• Marginal note:Notices

  (2) A notice given by a minister under the Act must be in writing.

Violations

Marginal note:Designated provisions and conditions

• 25 (1) For the purpose of carrying out section 23 of the Act, the following are designated as the provisions and conditions whose contravention may be proceeded with as a violation:

  • (a) the provisions of the Act set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2;

  • (b) the provisions of these Regulations set out in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2;

  • (c) the provisions of orders made under subsections 13(1), 14(1) and (2) and 15(1) to (3) of the Act;

  • (d) the conditions of a licence set out in column 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 imposed by the Act or these Regulations; and

  • (e) the conditions of a licence imposed under subsections 8(5) to (7) of the Act.

• Marginal note:Penalty

  (2) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation of a designated provision or condition set out in column 1 of Parts 1 to 3 of Schedule 2 is

  • (a) in the case of individuals, the amount set out in column 2; and

  • (b) in any other case, the amount set out in column 3.

• Marginal note:Penalty

  (3) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation of a designated provision referred to in paragraph (1)(c) or a designated condition referred to in paragraph (1)(e) is

  • (a) in the case of individuals, $5,000; and

  • (b) in any other case, $25,000.

Marginal note:Criterion — determining penalty

26 In determining a proposed penalty, an enforcement officer must take into account any notification given by the licensee under subsection 15(1) or 16(4).

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Remote Sensing Space Systems Act — section 20

Footnote ^*27 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 20 of the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, chapter 45 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, comes into force.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations in force April 5, 2007, see SI/2007-47]