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14 CFR · Part 437
EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS
Authority
51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.
Source
Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A — General Information
9 sections
- § 437.1 § 437.1 Scope and organization of this part. ↗
- § 437.3 § 437.3 Definitions. ↗
- § 437.5 § 437.5 Eligibility for an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.7 § 437.7 Scope of an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.9 § 437.9 Issuance of an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.11 § 437.11 Duration of an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.13 § 437.13 Additional experimental permit terms and conditions. ↗
- § 437.15 § 437.15 Transfer of an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.17 § 437.17 Rights not conferred by an experimental permit. ↗
Subpart B — Requirements to Obtain an Experimental Permit
11 sections
- § 437.21 § 437.21 General. ↗
- § 437.23 § 437.23 Program description. ↗
- § 437.25 § 437.25 Flight test plan. ↗
- § 437.27 § 437.27 Pre-flight and post-flight operations. ↗
- § 437.29 § 437.29 Hazard analysis. ↗
- § 437.31 § 437.31 Verification of operating area containment and key flight-safety event limitations. ↗
- § 437.33 § 437.33 Landing and impact locations. ↗
- § 437.35 § 437.35 Agreements. ↗
- § 437.37 § 437.37 Tracking. ↗
- § 437.39 § 437.39 Flight rules. ↗
- § 437.41 § 437.41 Mishap plan. ↗
Subpart C — Safety Requirements
14 sections
- § 437.51 § 437.51 Rest rules for vehicle safety operations personnel. ↗
- § 437.53 § 437.53 Pre-flight and post-flight operations. ↗
- § 437.55 § 437.55 Hazard analysis. ↗
- § 437.57 § 437.57 Operating area containment. ↗
- § 437.59 § 437.59 Key flight-safety event limitations. ↗
- § 437.61 § 437.61 Landing and impact locations. ↗
- § 437.63 § 437.63 Agreements with other entities involved in a launch or reentry. ↗
- § 437.65 § 437.65 Collision avoidance analysis. ↗
- § 437.67 § 437.67 Tracking a reusable suborbital rocket. ↗
- § 437.69 § 437.69 Communications. ↗
- § 437.71 § 437.71 Flight rules. ↗
- § 437.73 § 437.73 Anomaly recording, reporting and implementation of corrective actions. ↗
- § 437.75 § 437.75 [Reserved] ↗
- § 437.77 § 437.77 Additional safety requirements. ↗
Subpart D — Terms and Conditions of an Experimental Permit
8 sections
- § 437.81 § 437.81 Public safety responsibility. ↗
- § 437.83 § 437.83 Compliance with experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.85 § 437.85 Allowable design changes; modification of an experimental permit. ↗
- § 437.87 § 437.87 Records. ↗
- § 437.89 § 437.89 Pre-flight reporting. ↗
- § 437.91 § 437.91 For-hire prohibition. ↗
- § 437.93 § 437.93 Compliance monitoring. ↗
- § 437.95 § 437.95 Inspection of additional reusable suborbital vehicles. ↗
Related Advisory Circulars
ACs whose subject series maps to Part 437. 2 current, 0 cancelled.
Recent Federal Register activity
The last 25 of 15 Federal Register documents that touch 14 CFR Part 437, newest first.
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- 2024-09-19RuleU.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act IncorporationRead →
- 2023-09-26NPRMMitigation Methods for Launch Vehicle Upper Stages on the Creation of Orbital DebrisRead →
- 2023-08-18NPRMU.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act IncorporationRead →
- 2021-03-09RuleStreamlined Launch and Reentry License RequirementsRead →
- 2020-12-10RuleStreamlined Launch and Reentry License RequirementsRead →
- 2019-07-22NPRMStreamlined Launch and Reentry Licensing Requirements; Notice of Availability and Extension of Comment PeriodRead →
- 2019-05-31NPRMStreamlined Launch and Reentry Licensing Requirements; Extension of Comment PeriodRead →
- 2019-04-15NPRMStreamlined Launch and Reentry Licensing RequirementsRead →
- 2018-06-20RuleUpdates to Rulemaking and Waiver Procedures and Expansion of the Equivalent Level of Safety OptionRead →
- 2016-06-01NPRMUpdates to Rulemaking and Waiver Procedures and Expansion of the Equivalent Level of Safety OptionRead →
- 2012-04-05RuleCorrection of Authority Citations for Commercial Space TransportationRead →
- 2007-08-31RuleExperimental Permits for Reusable Suborbital RocketsRead →
- 2007-04-06RuleExperimental Permits for Reusable Suborbital RocketsRead →
- 2006-03-31NPRMExperimental Permits for Reusable Suborbital RocketsRead →