{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-437.53","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 437.53","heading":"Pre-flight and post-flight operations.","body":"A permittee must protect the public from adverse effects of hazardous operations and systems in preparing a reusable suborbital vehicle for flight at a launch site in the United States and returning the reusable suborbital vehicle and any support equipment to a safe condition after flight. At a minimum, a permittee must—\n(a) Establish a safety clear zone that will contain the adverse effects of each operation involving a hazard; and\n(b) Verify that the public is outside of the safety clear zone before and during any hazardous operation.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER III—COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—LICENSING","PART 437—EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS","Subpart C—Safety Requirements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"fd58280c4cb14a7abfdb71b00c424be3793d26d85a6b262fbbaf1932ad3e7df0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-437.51","next":"us/14-cfr-437.55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}