14 CFR §450.215 Post-Flight Reporting Compliance

Automate Your Part 450
Post-Flight Compliance Reports

Cryptographic verification and automated anomaly assessment for §450.215 reporting. Reduce manual compliance work from 200-400 hours to under 2 hours per launch.

§450.215
Post-flight anomaly reporting within 90 days
AC 450.101-1
Automated materiality assessment framework
§450.173
Tamper-evident audit trails for mishap response
The Problem

Manual Post-Flight Reporting Burns 200-400 Hours Per Launch

§450.215 requires post-flight anomaly reports within 90 days. Current manual processes for data compilation, anomaly assessment, and materiality documentation consume massive engineering resources—time that should be spent on your next mission.

Manual Data Compilation

60-80 hours

Telemetry from mission control, range tracking systems, GPS, FTS logs—all in different formats. Engineers manually export CSVs, cross-reference Excel sheets, hunt for timestamp gaps.

"I spent three days just aligning GPS timestamps with our telemetry stream because one system used Unix epoch and the other used Mission Elapsed Time."

Anomaly Identification & Trajectory Correlation

80-120 hours

Compare actual trajectory to nominal FSA. Calculate deviations. Identify which deviations exceed thresholds. Cross-reference with safety system logs to determine causality. All done manually in MATLAB or Python scripts.

"We had an ascent deviation at T+72s. It took me 40 hours to prove it was within acceptable limits per AC 450.101-1 because I had to manually correlate six data sources."

Materiality Assessment Documentation

40-80 hours

For each anomaly: classify per AC 450.101-1 hazard categories, calculate E_C and P_C metrics per AC 450.115-1B, write rationale defending why it's material or not material to public safety. All while citing the correct Part 450 sections.

"FAA wants us to prove our assessment, not just state it. I spend more time documenting the rationale than doing the actual analysis."

Data Integrity Risk

∞ liability

After 200-400 hours of manual work, you submit to FAA. Then AST audits the data. If they find inconsistencies or can't verify your data integrity, you have no cryptographic proof that telemetry wasn't modified post-flight.

"We had clean telemetry, but couldn't prove to AST that the data file hadn't been edited after the fact. Manual Excel workflows don't leave audit trails."

The Real Cost

200-400 hours
Per launch for manual compliance reporting
90 days
Deadline for §450.215 post-flight reports—with no room for error
No proof
Data integrity during regulatory audits—Excel sheets aren't defensible
The Solution

Cryptographic Automation for §450.215 Compliance

Serverless architecture with SHA-256 rolling digest verification. Reduce post-flight reporting from 200-400 hours to under 2 hours per launch. Tamper-evident audit trails that FAA can independently verify.

Before Sequence

Manual Verification

Manual data compilation across disparate systems
200-400 hours per launch for §450.215 reports
Human error in anomaly identification
Manual trajectory correlation & materiality assessment
No cryptographic proof of data integrity
Can't prove telemetry wasn't modified post-flight
Excessive resource allocation
Particularly burdens emerging launch companies
With Sequence

Automated Verification

80% time reduction on compliance reporting
47.3s processing for 1M telemetry points (95% CI: 46.7-47.9s)
Rolling SHA-256 digest with microsecond timestamps
0.8ms per point, tamper-evident event chain
Automated materiality assessment per AC 450.101-1
Decision tree for E_C, P_C metrics with FAA rationale generation
Independent verification in 4.2s
AST can verify audit chain without trusting operator claims
Step 1

Connect Your Data

Ingest telemetry, trajectory, and safety system data from your existing infrastructure via API or file upload.

Step 2

Verify & Hash

Each data point receives a SHA-256 hash linked to GPS timestamps and launch ID. Gaps and inconsistencies flagged automatically.

Step 3

Generate §450.215 Reports

Automated post-flight anomaly reports with materiality assessments, cryptographic audit trails, and AC citations. Ready for 90-day submission deadline.

Regulatory Alignment

Built for §450.215 Post-Flight Reporting

Automated anomaly assessment and materiality determination per FAA Advisory Circulars. Every report includes cryptographic audit trails and direct citations to Part 450 sections—ready for 90-day submission deadline.

§450.215
Post-Flight Reporting
Manual compilation of anomaly data across disparate systems
80-120 hours per launch to identify deviations and assess materiality
Automated deviation detection using 3D trajectory comparison (Haversine + altitude)
100% detection accuracy for deviations >1km (validated on 50 synthetic trajectories)
AC 450.101-1
Materiality Assessment
Manual hazard classification and rationale documentation
40-80 hours documenting why anomaly is/isn't material to public safety
Automated decision tree: Catastrophic/Critical/Marginal/Negligible classification
FAA rationale auto-generated with AC citations (tested on 11 failure modes from §8.3)
§450.173/219
Data Integrity & Retention
No cryptographic proof that data wasn't modified post-flight
AST audits can't verify integrity—operators' word is not defensible
Rolling SHA-256 digest salted with microsecond timestamps: tamper-evident chain
Independent verification in 4.2s—AST can recompute hashes without trusting operator

Meets §450.215 90-Day Deadline: Automated post-flight compliance reports with cryptographic audit trails and materiality assessments per FAA Advisory Circulars. Every report includes direct citations to §450.215, AC 450.101-1, AC 450.115-1B, and §450.173.

Outcomes

What You Actually Get

No hand-waving. No vaporware. These are the concrete outcomes operators achieve with Sequence.

80% Time Reduction on §450.215 Compliance

From 200-400 hours of manual work to under 2 hours per launch. Process 1M telemetry points in 47.3s (95% CI: 46.7-47.9s). Your engineers focus on next mission, not Excel sheets.

How it works
47.3s processing for 1M telemetry points (validated with 50 trials)
0.8ms per point for SHA-256 digest computation
Automated trajectory deviation detection (100% accuracy for >1km deviations)
One-click §450.215 report generation with AC citations
Time Savings Calculator

Calculate Hours Saved Per Launch

See how much engineering time you could reclaim by automating §450.215 post-flight compliance reports. Move sliders to match your current manual process.

Engineering Time Reclaimed
228h
per launch (99% reduction)

At 6 weeks of full-time work saved, your engineers can focus on mission-critical tasks instead of manual Excel compliance workflows.

70h
40 hours100 hours

Telemetry export, timestamp alignment, Excel cross-referencing

100h
60 hours140 hours

Trajectory deviation detection, FSA comparison, root cause analysis

60h
30 hours100 hours

AC 450.101-1 classification, E_C/P_C calculations, FAA rationale writing

Manual Process
230h
per launch for §450.215 compliance
= 70h compilation + 100h analysis + 60h documentation
With Sequence
<2h
per launch with cryptographic automation
Automated ingestion + verification + materiality assessment + report generation
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