SCHEDULE 2Persons not required to comply with regulation 3 or 4
PART 2Persons not required to comply with regulation 4
21.
(1)
A person who is—
(a)
carrying out a critical function at a space site or spacecraft controller who is responsible for command and control of a launch vehicle or spacecraft for nominal operations, collision avoidance or anomalies, or
(b)
employed by, or contracted to provide services to, a person who operates or maintains space situational awareness capabilities,
where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.
(2)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)
(b)
“space situational awareness capabilities” means the sensors, systems and analytical services needed to provide time-sensitive warnings of space weather events, orbital collisions, orbital fragmentations or the re-entry of man-made objects from orbit,
(c)
“spacecraft” has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018,
(d)
“spacecraft controller” means a person competent, authorised and responsible for maintaining safe and secure operation of spacecraft through monitoring the status of a spacecraft, issuing manoeuvre commands or controlling other aspects of the spacecraft that influence its behaviour including its motion in space.