§437.59. Key flight-safety event limitations.
14 C.F.R. § 437.59
A permittee must conduct any key flight-safety event so that the reusable suborbital vehicle'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:
Ignition of any primary rocket engine,
Any staging event, or
Any envelope expansion.
A permittee must conduct each reusable suborbital vehicle flight so that the reentry impact point does not loiter over a populated area.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, Amdt. No. 437-0, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437-4, 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024]
Authority
Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.
Source
Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, Amdt. No. 437-0, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437-4, 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024]