---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 70101"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "70101"
heading: "Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/70101"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Access to Space"
  - "Chapter 701 — Use of Space Launch System or Alternatives"
---

# §70101. Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) shall charge such prices as are necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the space launch system.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3427; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 117(a)(2), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 717.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70101 | 42 U.S.C. 2464. | Pub. L. 97–324, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1600. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “space launch system” for “space shuttle” in section catchline and text.