§450.165. Flight commit criteria.
14 C.F.R. § 450.165
General. For each launch or reentry, an operator must establish and observe flight commit criteria that identify each condition necessary prior to flight to satisfy the requirements of § 450.101, and must include:
Surveillance of any region of land, sea, or air in accordance with § 450.161;
Monitoring of any meteorological condition necessary to—
Be consistent with any safety analysis required by this part; and
If necessary in accordance with § 450.163, mitigate the potential for a launch or reentry vehicle intercepting a lightning strike, or encountering a nearby discharge;
Implementation of any launch or reentry window closure in the launch or reentry window for the purpose of collision avoidance in accordance with § 450.169;
Confirmation that any safety-critical system is ready for flight;
Confirmation from the FAA that the risk to critical assets satisfies the requirements of § 450.101(a)(4) or (b)(4);
For any reentry vehicle, except a suborbital vehicle, monitoring by the operator or an onboard system that the status of safety-critical systems is healthy before enabling reentry flight, to assure the vehicle can reenter safely to Earth; and
Any other hazard controls derived from any safety analysis required by this part.
Application requirements. An applicant must submit a list of all flight commit criteria.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.
Source
Source: Docket No. FAA-2019-0229, Amdt. 450-2, 85 FR 79719, Dec. 10, 202085 FR 79739, Dec. 10, 2020, unless otherwise noted.