{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-450.165","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 450.165","heading":"Flight commit criteria.","body":"(a) General. For each launch or reentry, an operator must establish and observe flight commit criteria that identify each condition necessary prior to flight to satisfy the requirements of § 450.101, and must include:\n(1) Surveillance of any region of land, sea, or air in accordance with § 450.161;\n(2) Monitoring of any meteorological condition necessary to—\n(i) Be consistent with any safety analysis required by this part; and\n(ii) If necessary in accordance with § 450.163, mitigate the potential for a launch or reentry vehicle intercepting a lightning strike, or encountering a nearby discharge;\n(3) Implementation of any launch or reentry window closure in the launch or reentry window for the purpose of collision avoidance in accordance with § 450.169;\n(4) Confirmation that any safety-critical system is ready for flight;\n(5) Confirmation from the FAA that the risk to critical assets satisfies the requirements of § 450.101(a)(4) or (b)(4);\n(6) For any reentry vehicle, except a suborbital vehicle, monitoring by the operator or an onboard system that the status of safety-critical systems is healthy before enabling reentry flight, to assure the vehicle can reenter safely to Earth; and\n(7) Any other hazard controls derived from any safety analysis required by this part.\n(b) Application requirements. An applicant must submit a list of all flight commit criteria.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER III—COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—LICENSING","PART 450—LAUNCH AND REENTRY LICENSE REQUIREMENTS","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":"2a7047316109735aa7e21356c7097832fd1ab4c352e9e26869bc9abe615d670a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-450.163","next":"us/14-cfr-450.167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}