§ 437.59 - Key flight-safety event limitations.

§ 437.59 Key flight-safety event limitations.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024.

(a) A permittee must conduct any key flight-safety event so that the reusable suborbital rocket's instantaneous impact point, including its expected dispersion, is over an unpopulated or sparsely populated area. At a minimum, a key flight-safety event includes:

(1) Ignition of any primary rocket engine,

(2) Any staging event, or

(3) Any envelope expansion.

(b) A permittee must conduct each reusable suborbital rocket flight so that the reentry impact point does not loiter over a populated area.