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14 CFR § 450.107 - Hazard control strategies.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s450.107"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 450.107 - Hazard control strategies."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "450.107"
section_name: "Hazard control strategies."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "LICENSING"
part_number: "450"
part_name: "LAUNCH AND REENTRY LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-2019-0229, Amdt. 450-2, 85 FR 79719, Dec. 10, 202085 FR 79739, Dec. 10, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "450"
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# 450.107 Hazard control strategies.

(a) *General.* To meet the safety criteria of § 450.101(a), (b), or (c) for the flight, or any phase of flight, of a launch or reentry vehicle, an operator must use one or more of the hazard control strategies identified in § 450.108 through § 450.111.

(b) *Hazard control strategy determination.* For each phase of flight during a launch or reentry, an operator must use a functional hazard analysis to determine a hazard control strategy or strategies that account for—

(1) All functional failures associated with reasonably foreseeable hazardous events that have the capability to create a hazard to the public;

(2) Safety-critical systems; and

(3) A timeline of all safety-critical events.

(c) *Flight hazard analysis.* An operator must conduct a flight hazard analysis in accordance with § 450.109 of this part for the flight, or phase of flight, of a launch or reentry vehicle if the public safety hazards cannot be mitigated adequately to meet the public risk criteria of § 450.101(a), (b), and (c) using physical containment, wind weighting, or flight abort.

(d) *Application requirements.* An applicant must submit in its application—

(1) The results of the hazard control strategy determination, including—

(i) All functional failures identified under paragraph (b)(1) of this section;

(ii) The identification of all safety-critical systems; and

(iii) A timeline of all safety-critical events.

(2) A description of its hazard control strategy or strategies for each phase of flight.