This AC provides guidance to launch or reentry operators on how to complete the launch and reentry collision avoidance analysis in accordance with 14 CFR § 450.169.

In accordance with § 450.45(e)(6), the FAA will evaluate the launch or reentry of any radionuclide on a case-by-case basis and issue an approval if the FAA finds that the launch or reentry is consistent with public health and safety, safety of property, and national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.

This AC provides guidance and an acceptable means of complying with the requirement to track the flight of a launch or reentry vehicle under 14 CFR § 450.167 using onboard hardware, launch site services, or other means.

Provides guidance and information concerning the application of a systematic and logical system safety process and methodology for identification and control of public safety hazards associated with the operation of reusable launch vehicle and reentry vehicle systems.

This AC includes recommendations based on lessons learned from past mishaps and insights gained from reviews of mishap plan submittals. This AC does not constitute a regulation and does not contain requirements, but is intended to assist applicants in obtaining commercial space authorizations and operating in compliance with commercial space regulations.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) definition of “launch” in § 401.7, and the determination of the beginning of a launch at a United States (U.S.) launch site, per § 450.3(b)(1) and (d).

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance on demonstrating compliance with the requirements of completing a license application in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §§ 413.11 and 413.13. This document details what constitutes a complete enough submission for application acceptance and a complete submission of an application for a license determination under 14 CFR part 450.

Provide guidance for reporting anomalie occurring in reusable suborbital rockets operating under an expermentalpermit issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) This AC also provide guidance for implementing an anomaly reporting and corrective action system for reusable suborbital rockets operating under FAA-issued experimental permit.

Sections 450.31(a)(2) and (a)(3) require an applicant to obtain a policy approval from the Administrator in accordance with § 450.41 and a favorable payload determination from the Administrator in accordance with § 450.43.

Provide guidance for applying a systematic and logical hazard analysis to the identification, analysis, and control of public safety hazards and risks associated with the launch and reentry of a reusable suborbital rocket under an experimental permit.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for an operator to apply a systematic and logical hazard analysis to identify, analyze, and control public safety hazards and risks associated with flight, and phases of flight, for a launch or reentry vehicle (hereafter referred to as system) in accordance with § 450.109.

In accordance with §§ 450.139 and 450.187, as applicable, an operator that uses toxic propellants or other toxic chemicals must conduct a toxic release hazard analysis (TRHA), manage the risk of casualties that could arise from
exposure to toxic release through toxic containment or a toxic risk assessment, and establish flight commit criteria and ground hazard controls, as applicable, for any necessary evacuation of the public from a toxic hazard area.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance and a comprehensive method for performing a ground safety analysis in accordance with title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) §§ 450.179, 450.181, 450.183, 450.185, and 450.189.

It is intended to provide guidance for an applicant in developing software and computing system safety analyses and processes to comply with § 450.141.

All readers should have a general understanding of flight safety analysis and of standards for scientific and engineering documentation.

This AC provides an acceptable means to demonstrate compliance with § 450.101(c)(2) and § 450.101(c)(3) and provides an acceptable means of compliance with conditional expected casualties requirements in § 450.108.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance and methods for performing a population exposure analysis in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 450.123.

This AC does not constitute a regulation and does not contain requirements, but is intended to assist prospective applicants in obtaining commercial space authorizations and operating in compliance with commercial space regulations.

Physical containment may be used as a hazard control strategy for launch and reentry in accordance with § 450.107(a). AC 450.107-1 Hazard Control Strategies describes how a functional hazard analysis is used to determine if physical containment is an acceptable hazard control strategy for a phase of flight.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and a comprehensive method for performing a normal trajectory analysis in accordance with § 450.117 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR).

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and a comprehensive method to demonstrate compliance with the requirements for the flight abort hazard control strategy in § 450.108, Flight Abort.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and an acceptable method, but not the only method, that may be used to define an acceptable system safety program (SSP) in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 450.103 System Safety Program.

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and an acceptable method, but not the only method, that may be used to account for human factors when crew must perform safety critical roles in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 460.15.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance and a comprehensive method for performing a high fidelity flight safety analysis in accordance with title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 450.115.