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ECCN reference · Category 9: Aerospace and propulsion

ECCN 9A004

Space launch vehicles and "spacecraft," "spacecraft buses," "spacecraft payloads," "spacecraft" on-board systems or equipment, terrestrial equipment, and air-launch platforms, and "sub-orbital craft," as follows

Systems, equipment and components. Reasons for control: NS (National security), RS (Regional stability), AT (Anti-terrorism).

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License requirements

Each control below comes from the entry’s License Requirements table. Where it names a Country Chart column, the countries with an X in that column need a license for the items the control covers, unless a License Exception applies.

  • NS (National security): NS applies to 9A004 .g, .r, .u, and .w.
    Country Chart column NS1: a license is needed to 193 countries with an X

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Congo (Republic of the), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, South, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated State of), Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin), Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Republic of, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

  • NS (National security): NS applies to 9A004.s, .v, and .x.
    Country Chart column NS2: a license is needed to 156 countries with an X

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Congo (Republic of the), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated State of), Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin), Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Republic of, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

  • RS (Regional stability): RS applies to 9A004.y. China, Russia, or Venezuela (see § 742.6(a)(7)).
  • AT (Anti-terrorism): AT applies to 9A004.g, .s, .u, .v, .w, .x, and .y. No Country Chart country has an X in column AT1; the destinations this control targets are under “Not decided by the Country Chart” below.

Not decided by the Country Chart: Covered Donetsk region of Ukraine (DNR), Covered Luhansk region of Ukraine (LNR), Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Korea, North, Syria. These destinations are under embargoes or other special controls in 15 CFR Part 746, which require a license for most items whatever the chart shows. Russia and Belarus also have broad Part 746 controls in addition to the chart.

A blank on the Country Chart is not permission to ship. End-use and end-user rules (15 CFR Part 744), embargoes and sanctions (Part 746), and the parties to the transaction still apply. Use the check above for your item and country.

List-based License Exceptions

As the entry lists them. Each exception has its own conditions in 15 CFR Part 740, and § 740.2 bars or limits most of them for Russia, Belarus, Country Group D:5 and embargoed destinations, so an entry’s “Yes” does not mean it is available everywhere.

  • LVS: N/A
  • GBS: N/A

Items in 9A004

The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 9A004.a.

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  • 9A004.a Space launch vehicles.
  • 9A004.b "Spacecraft."
  • 9A004.c "Spacecraft buses."
  • 9A004.d "Spacecraft payloads" incorporating items specified by 3A001.b.1.a.4 or z (if also described in 3A001.b.1.a.4), 3A002.g, 5A001.a.1, .b.3, 5A002.c, z.3 or z.8, .e, z.5, 6A002.a.1, a.2, .b, .d, 6A003.b, 6A004.c, .e, 6A008.d, .e, .k, .l or 9A010.c.
  • 9A004.e On-board systems or equipment, "specially designed" for "spacecraft" and having any of the following functions:
  • 9A004.e.1 'Command and telemetry data handling;'
  • 9A004.e.2 'Payload data handling;' or
  • 9A004.e.3 'Attitude and orbit control;'
  • 9A004.f Terrestrial equipment specially designed for "spacecraft," as follows:
  • 9A004.f.1 Telemetry and telecommand equipment "specially designed" for any of the following data processing functions:
  • 9A004.f.1.a Telemetry data processing of frame synchronization and error corrections, for monitoring of operational status (also known as health and safe status) of the "spacecraft bus;" or
  • 9A004.f.1.b Command data processing for formatting command data being sent to the "spacecraft" to control the "spacecraft bus;"
  • 9A004.f.2 Simulators "specially designed" for 'verification of operational procedures' of "spacecraft".
  • 9A004.g "Aircraft" "specially designed" or modified to be air-launch platforms for space launch vehicles or "sub-orbital craft."
  • 9A004.h "Sub-orbital craft."
  • 9A004.r In-space habitats, other than the International Space Station (ISS).
  • 9A004.s "Parts," "components," "accessories," and "attachments" that are "specially designed" for in-space habitats in 9A004.r and that are NOT:
  • 9A004.s.1 Described on the USML;
  • 9A004.s.2 Described in ECCN 7A004 or 7A104;
  • 9A004.s.3 Described in an ECCN containing "space-qualified" as a control criterion (refer to 9A515.x.4); or
  • 9A004.s.4 Described in 9A001, 9A002, 9A003, 9A515, or 9A991.
  • 9A004.u The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) being operated under the supervision of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  • 9A004.v "Parts," "components," "accessories," and "attachments" that are "specially designed" for the James Webb Space Telescope and that are NOT:
  • 9A004.v.1 Described on the USML;
  • 9A004.v.2 Microelectronic circuits;
  • 9A004.v.3 Described in ECCN 7A004 or 7A104; or
  • 9A004.v.4 Described in an ECCN containing "space-qualified" as a control criterion (refer to 9A515.x.4).
  • 9A004.w The International Space Station being operated under the supervision of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  • 9A004.x "Parts," "components," "accessories," and "attachments" that are "specially designed" for the International Space Station.
  • 9A004.y Items that would otherwise be within the scope of ECCN 9A004.s or .x but that have been identified in an interagency-cleared commodity classification (CCATS) pursuant to § 748.3(e) as warranting control in 9A004.y.
  • 9A004.y.1 Discrete electronic components not specified in 9A515.e;
  • 9A004.y.2 Thermistors for spacecraft applications;
  • 9A004.y.3 RF microwave bandpass ceramic filters (e.g., Dielectric Resonator Bandpass Filters);
  • 9A004.y.4 Hall effect sensors for spacecraft applications;
  • 9A004.y.5 Subminiature (SMA and SMP) plugs and connectors, TNC plugs and cable and connector assemblies with SMA plugs and connectors for spacecraft applications;
  • 9A004.y.6 Flight cable assemblies for spacecraft applications;
  • 9A004.y.7 Public address (PA) systems;
  • 9A004.y.8 Audio selector panels;
  • 9A004.y.9 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant lavatories and body waste management systems;
  • 9A004.y.10 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant hygiene facilities and systems;
  • 9A004.y.11 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant crew rest equipment or sleeping quarters;
  • 9A004.y.12 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant galleys or food preparation or serving systems;
  • 9A004.y.13 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant entertainment systems;
  • 9A004.y.14 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant exercise systems;
  • 9A004.y.15 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant laundry systems;
  • 9A004.y.16 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant safety systems not including launch abort systems/launch escape systems, ejector seats, spacesuits, flight suits, helmets, or parts and components therefor;
  • 9A004.y.17 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant storage units, facilities, or systems (for items related to human safety, welfare, and health);
  • 9A004.y.18 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant medical facilities or health-related systems for monitoring, evaluating, or assessing, or for providing treatments;
  • 9A004.y.19 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant information systems (e.g., personal laptops and phones);
  • 9A004.y.20 Name plates, identification plates, and identification systems;
  • 9A004.y.21 Internal, external, and emergency lighting systems;
  • 9A004.y.22 Humidity and CO_2 removal systems;
  • 9A004.y.23 Potable water storage systems;
  • 9A004.y.24 Water regeneration systems;
  • 9A004.y.25 Air filters, filter networks, or air quality systems;
  • 9A004.y.26 Space heaters, temperature sensors, or thermostats for human habitation;
  • 9A004.y.27 Environmental control systems for human habitation;
  • 9A004.y.28 Spacecraft environmental control systems (e.g., air conditioner, air distribution, air filtration and sanitation, CO_2 removal, cabin pressure control, dehumidifier, fire suppression system, nitrogen oxygen recharge system, heater systems, thermostats);
  • 9A004.y.29 Plant growth systems;
  • 9A004.y.30 Fire extinguishers;
  • 9A004.y.31 Flame, smoke, or CO_2 detectors;
  • 9A004.y.32 Fire suppression systems;
  • 9A004.y.33 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant seats and parts and components;
  • 9A004.y.34 Spaceflight crew, passenger, or participant ejection seat mounted survival aids;
  • 9A004.y.35 Spaceflight crew, passenger, or participant life rafts;
  • 9A004.y.36 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant locator beacons;
  • 9A004.y.37 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant mirrors;
  • 9A004.y.38 Spacecraft crew, passenger, or participant windows;
  • 9A004.y.39 Spacecraft locator beacons;
  • 9A004.y.40 Viewing windows on non-crewed spacecraft;
  • 9A004.y.41 Hydraulic, pneumatic, oil, fuel, gas, propellant, fluid, and thermal control fluid reservoirs, filters, filter assemblies, tubing, lines, hoses, check valves, and quick disconnects, and associated fittings, couplings, clamps, brackets, adapters, valves, gaskets, and shims;
  • 9A004.y.42 Gauges and indicators;
  • 9A004.y.43 Filtered and unfiltered panel knobs, indicators, annunciator panels, switches, buttons and dials;
  • 9A004.y.44 Energy dissipating pads for cargo or crew;
  • 9A004.y.45 Bracket adapters for bus and payload structures;
  • 9A004.y.46 Latches and hinges;
  • 9A004.y.47 Boom assemblies;
  • 9A004.y.48 Multiplexor and Demultiplexors (MUX & DEMUX);
  • 9A004.y.49 Switches, switch bank assemblies, beam select switches, transfer switch assemblies, switch matrices, thermal switches;
  • 9A004.y.50 Magnetic torque bars;
  • 9A004.y.51 Filters, filter networks;
  • 9A004.y.52 Network switches;
  • 9A004.y.53 Antenna feed horns;
  • 9A004.y.54 Diplexers, modulators, demodulators;
  • 9A004.y.55 Backshells, pins, and contacts;
  • 9A004.y.56 Measurement devices;
  • 9A004.y.57 Non Propulsive landing systems (e.g., skids, inflatable);
  • 9A004.y.58 Electrical connectors;
  • 9A004.y.59 Electric fans;
  • 9A004.y.60 Microphones;
  • 9A004.y.61 Speakers;
  • 9A004.y.62 Circuit breakers; and
  • 9A004.y.63 Printed circuit boards.

Source

Commerce Control List, 15 CFR Part 774, Supplement No. 1 (official text on eCFR), as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT. Commerce Country Chart, Supplement No. 1 to Part 738, as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT.

This page is a preliminary reference, not legal advice, a classification ruling or permission to ship. Confirm the classification against the full official text.