---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 420.30"
title: "14"
number: "420.30"
heading: "Launch site location review for permitted launch vehicles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/420.30"
---

# §420.30. Launch site location review for permitted launch vehicles.


If an applicant plans to use its proposed launch site solely for launches conducted under an experimental permit, the FAA will approve a launch site location if the FAA has approved an operating area under [part 437](/cfr/14/part437.md) for launches from that site.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-1999-5833, 65 FR 62861, Oct. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007]