![]() |
Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
![]() |
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space |
![]() |
Chapter III - Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation |
![]() |
SubChapter C - Licensing |
![]() |
Part 435 - Reentry of a Reentry Vehicle Other Than a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) |
![]() |
Subpart C - Safety Review and Approval for Reentry of a Reentry Vehicle |
§ 435.35 - Acceptable reusable launch vehicle risk.
Latest version.
-
§ 435.35 Acceptable reusable launch vehicle risk.
To obtain safety approval for reentry, an applicant must demonstrate the following for public risk:
(a) The risk to the collective members of the public from the proposed launch meets the public risk criteria of § 417.107(b)(1) of this chapter;
(b) The risk level to the collective members of the public, excluding persons in water-borne vessels and aircraft, from each proposed reentry does not exceed an expected number of 1 × 10−4 casualties from impacting inert and explosive debris and toxic release associated with the reentry; and
(c) The risk level to an individual does not exceed 1 × 10−6 probability of casualty per mission.
[Docket No. FAA-2014-0418, Amdt. No. 435-3, 81 FR 47027, July 20, 2016]