14 CFR § 420.3 - Applicability.

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title: "14 CFR § 420.3 - Applicability."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "420.3"
section_name: "Applicability."
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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# 420.3 Applicability.

This part applies to any person seeking a license to operate a launch site or to a person licensed under this part. A person operating a site that only supports amateur rocket activities as defined in 14 CFR 1.1, does not need a license under this part to operate the site.

[Doc. No. FAA-2007-27390, 73 FR 73782, Dec. 4, 2008]