Reusable Launch Vehicle Safety Review and Approval
The safety review determines whether you can safely conduct your proposed operation. Because you are responsible for public safety, you must demonstrate you understand the hazards involved and discuss how you will perform the operations safely.
An applicant may submit data related to the policy review, safety review, and payload review together as a single package or separately.
Procedures for completing the Safety Review are described in 14 CFR Part 431.31- Part 431.47
Related Documents
Guidelines
- Guide to Reusable Launch and Reentry Vehicle Software and Computing System Safety (July 2006) (PDF)
- Guide to Verifying Safety-Critical Structures for Reusable Launch and Reentry Vehicles, Version 1.0 (PDF) (11/22/2005)
- Guide to the Identification of Safety-Critical Hardware Items for Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Developers (PDF) (5/1/2005)
- Guide to Reusable Launch and Reentry Vehicle Reliability Analysis (PDF) (4/2005)
- Guide to Commercial RLV Operations and Maintenance Version 1.0 (PDF) (3/2005)
- Guidance for Medical Screening of Commercial Aerospace Passengers (PDF) (3/2003)
- Non-traditional Flight Safety Systems and IVHM (PDF) (10/2003)
- Guide to RLV Safety Validation and Verification Planning Version 1.0 (PDF) (9/2003)
- Supplemental Application Guidance for Unguided Suborbital Launch Vehicles
- Draft Guidelines for Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Operations with Flight Crew (PDF) (2/2005)
- Draft Guidelines for Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Operations with Space Flight Participants (PDF) (2/2005)
- Hazard Analysis of Commercial Space Transportation (PDF) (10/1995)
- Impacting Inert Debris for People in the Open (PDF) (4/1995)
Regulations
- 14 CFR Parts 400, 401, 404 et al. - Commercial Space Transportation Reusable Launch Vehicle and Reentry Licensing Regulations; Final Rule (PDF)
- Licensing and Safety Requirements for Launch; Final Rule (PDF)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Commercial Space Transportation Regulations; Final Rule (PDF)
- 14 CFR Chapter III - FAA/AST Regulations (PDF)
- 14 CFR Parts 413 and 414 – Safety Approval; Final Rule (PDF)
- 14 CFR Parts 401, 411, 413, 415, and 417 – Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations; Final Rule (PDF)
- 14 CFR Chapter III Parts 400-415 – Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations (PDF)
Advisory Circulars
- Advisory Circular (PDF), Reusable Launch and Reentry Vehicle System Safety Process, AC 431.35-2A (7/2005)
- Advisory Circular (PDF), Licensing Test Flight Reusable Launch Vehicle Missions, AC 431.35-3 (8/2002)
- Advisory Circular (PDF), Expected Casualty Calculations for Commercial Space Launch and Reentry Missions, AC 431.35-1 (8/30/2000)
