---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.331"
title: "14"
number: "91.331"
heading: "Space support vehicle flights: Operating limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.331"
---

# §91.331. Space support vehicle flights: Operating limitations.

- (a) A person may operate an aircraft to conduct a space support vehicle flight carrying persons or property for compensation or hire provided—
  - (1) The aircraft has a special airworthiness certificate issued under [§ 21.191](/cfr/14/21.191.md) of this chapter.
  - (2) **The aircraft conducting the space support vehicle flight—**
    - (i) Takes flight and lands at a single launch or reentry site that is operated by an entity licensed to operate the launch or reentry site under 51 U.S.C. chapter 509;
    - (ii) Is owned or operated by a launch or reentry vehicle operator licensed under 51 U.S.C. chapter 509, or on behalf of a launch or reentry vehicle operator licensed under 51 U.S.C. chapter 509;
    - (iii) Is a launch vehicle, a reentry vehicle, or a component of a launch or reentry vehicle licensed for operations pursuant to 51 U.S.C. chapter 509; and
    - (iv) **Is used only to simulate space flight conditions in support of—**
      - (A) Training for potential space flight participants, government astronauts, or crew (as those terms are defined in 51 U.S.C. chapter 509);
      - (B) The testing of hardware to be used in space flight; or
      - (C) Research and development tasks, which require the unique capabilities of the aircraft conducting the flight.
- (b) The Administrator may prescribe additional operating limitations that the Administrator considers necessary in the interest of safety.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket 18334, 54 FR 34308, Aug. 18, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.