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PART 3 Grant of a licence – general
CHAPTER 1 Eligibility criteria and prescribed roles for licensees
10.Additional prescribed role for operators to whom regulation 9 does not apply
12.Licensee’s duty to ensure necessary resources for individuals in prescribed roles
13.Duty to inform regulator of changes: individuals in prescribed roles
14.Offence of failure to inform regulator of changes: individuals in prescribed roles
PART 5 Grant of a spaceport licence
PART 7 Training, qualifications and medical fitness
PART 8 Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities
CHAPTER 3 Review and revision of safety case and risk assessment
CHAPTER 4 Other safety requirements
SECTION 2 Requirements about a spaceflight operator’s organisation and management
SECTION 5 Preparations for launch, return and other operations
SECTION 7 Recording and retaining information for safety purposes
CHAPTER 5 Additional safety requirements for launch vehicles with human occupants
SECTION 4 Specific obligations of pilot in command, flight crew or remote pilot
114.Obligations of pilot in command or remote pilot immediately before the flight
115.Obligations of pilot in command or remote pilot to carry out flight safely
116.Pilot in command, flight crew or remote pilot to remain at stations
117.Pilot in command’s obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
118.Remote pilot’s obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
119.Launch director’s or safety manager’s obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
SECTION 6 Human occupant: information to be given after consent form is signed
CHAPTER 6 Offences and penalties
124.Failure of launch director to check conditions met before operator’s spaceflight activities commence
125.Failure of flight termination personnel to follow obligation to make a flight termination decision
126.Failure of a pilot in command or remote pilot to carry out obligations before the flight
127.Failure of pilot in command or remote pilot to carry out flight safely
128.Failure of a pilot in command, flight crew or a remote pilot to remain at stations
129.Failure of a pilot in command to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
130.Failure of a remote pilot to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
131.Failure of a launch director or a safety manager to carry out obligations to a spaceflight participant about stations
132.Failure of a spaceflight participant to remain at station
PART 9 Cosmic radiation requirements: crew of a launch vehicle and crew of a carrier aircraft
CHAPTER 5 Critical national infrastructure and essential services
CHAPTER 6 Security provisions for the protection of US technology
PART 14 Monitoring and enforcement
CHAPTER 2 Obligation to provide information to the regulator
CHAPTER 4 Sharing of information between regulator and other bodies
Information the safety case must contain
2.General descriptions of— (a) the applicant’s organisation and management structure;...
3.For launch operator licence applicants, identification of the spaceport or...
5.(1) For launch operator licence applicants— (a) a schedule of...
6.Evidence that the applicant will, if granted the licence, be...
7.Details of the applicant’s safety management system for the proposed...
8.Particulars of any licence, permit or approval that any country...
9.Information about what applications, if any, the applicant has previously...
10.Information about the applicant’s experience, if any, in the design,...
12.(1) For each safety-critical system used in the proposed spaceflight...
13.A description of the engineering practices used in the design,...
14.A description of the engineering practices and design and operational...
15.Descriptions of any hazardous material that is part of the...
16.For any payload that the launch vehicle will carry, technical...
17.Technical particulars of and performance data for any carrier aircraft...
Matters applicant must take into account for the risk assessment
4.The LD must have a comprehensive knowledge of pre-flight, flight...
6.The LD must have participated in practical training, which must...
10.The MFTP must have completed— (a) training designed for each...
11.All MFTPs who monitor launch vehicle performance and perform flight...
12.The MFTP must also be capable of resolving, where possible,...
15.(1) Pilots and remote pilots must possess the aeronautical knowledge,...
26.The RSM must be able to demonstrate familiarity with the...
28.The RSM must be able to demonstrate detailed knowledge of—...
29.The RSM must also be capable of resolving malfunctions in...
30.The training manual must contain the matters set out in...
31.The training policy of the licensee, including guidance on objective...
33.The responsibilities of instructors carrying out any part of the...
34.Information for instructors on the training programme, including—
35.The locations where any training is to be carried out....
36.The procedures established by the licensee to satisfy its obligations...
38.The procedures to be adopted for determining that an individual...
40.A full description of the arrangements made for undertaking mission...
41.A statement describing any arrangements which have been made with...
42.A statement of how the licensee, other than a spaceport...
43.A statement of the policy in relation to individuals who...
44.Where the licensee will be undertaking spaceflight activities with individuals...
45.The procedures of the licensee, other than a spaceport licensee,...
46.The measures being taken to assess the performance of training...
47.A section setting out the measures the licensee is taking...
Requirements and matters to be addressed by safety management systems
1.Where the operator’s spaceflight activities are authorised by—
2.The manual must— (a) where necessary, include or refer to...
4.If the launch vehicle has a crew, information about the...
5.If the launch vehicle has a remote pilot, information about...
6.Details of the safety management system which the spaceflight operator...
8.Instructions and procedures for complying with the operator security programme....
9.Instructions about the functions and procedures of a mission management...
10.Instructions and procedures for ground operating staff about the types...
11.Instructions and procedures for monitoring the progress of the preparations...
12.Procedures for notifying the regulator about planned operator’s spaceflight activities...
13.Instructions as to the order of the activities and safety...
14.Instructions and procedures about recording in writing the environmental and...
16.Instructions and procedures about the steps to be taken if...
17.Instructions and procedures about the steps to be followed during...
18.Instructions about the process to be followed before a flight...
20.If part of the mission, instructions and procedures about returning...
21.If the launch vehicle is reusable, instructions and procedures about...
22.Instructions and procedures about the steps to be followed on...
25.Procedures to ensure that the emergency response plan is tested,...
1.The Air Navigation (Cosmic Radiation: Protection of Air Crew and...
2.In article 2 (interpretation)— (a) in the definition of “crew”,...
4.In article 4 (meaning of “operator”)— (a) in paragraph (1)...
6.In article 6 (risk assessments)— (a) in paragraph (1) omit...
7.In article 10 (provision of information and training to crew)—...
8.In article 11 (overexposure), in paragraph (1) omit the words...
10.In article 15 (health records), in paragraph (3)(b)(ii) omit the...
11.In article 17 (records of exposure to cosmic radiation of...
12.In article 18 (access to records of individual exposure to...
13.In article 19 (instruction of experts), in paragraph (5) omit...
14.In article 21 (right of access to aerodromes and other...
Information and instructions which must be included in a spaceport manual
2.The names and status of other senior operating staff at...
4.Procedures for promulgating information concerning the spaceport’s state.
5.Procedures for control of access, vehicles and work in relation...
6.Procedures for the removal of disabled carrier aircraft, launch vehicles...
7.Process to ensure the emergency response plan is tested, reviewed...
9.Procedures to ensure that an appropriate safety clear zone, where...
10.Procedures for using a designated static engine test area.
11.Process and procedures to ensure the safe integration of licensed...
13.Procedures for complying with fit for purpose requirements in regulation...
14.Operational procedures for the routine and special inspection of the...
15.Process for using, maintaining, testing, repairing and servicing of any...
16.If spaceflight activities are permitted during periods of low visibility,...
17.Details of, or reference to, the bird control management plan,...
18.The scale of rescue, first aid and fire service facilities,...
19.Procedures for complying with the space site security programme required...
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