14 CFR § 420.29 - Launch site location review for unproven launch vehicles.

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title: "14 CFR § 420.29 - Launch site location review for unproven launch vehicles."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "420.29"
section_name: "Launch site location review for unproven launch vehicles."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "LICENSING"
part_number: "420"
part_name: "LICENSE TO OPERATE A LAUNCH SITE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-1999-5833, 65 FR 62861, Oct. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 420.29 Launch site location review for unproven launch vehicles.

An applicant for a license to operate a launch site for an unproven launch vehicle shall provide a clear and convincing demonstration that its proposed launch site location provides an equivalent level of safety to that required by this part.