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14 CFR 437.61: Landing and impact locations.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
  2. CHAPTER III—COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  3. SUBCHAPTER C—LICENSING
  4. PART 437—EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS
  5. Subpart C—Safety Requirements

For a nominal or any contingency abort landing of a reusable suborbital vehicle, or for any nominal or contingency impact or landing of a component of that reusable suborbital vehicle, a permittee must use a location that—

(a) Is big enough to contain an impact, including debris dispersion upon impact; and

(b) At the time of landing or impact, does not contain any members of the public.

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