The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

21.—(1) A person who is—

(a) carrying out a critical function at a space site or spacecraft controller who is responsible for command and control of a launch vehicle or spacecraft for nominal operations, collision avoidance or anomalies, or

(b) employed by, or contracted to provide services to, a person who operates or maintains space situational awareness capabilities,

where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) “space site” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 4 to the Space Industry Act 2018(1),

(b) “space situational awareness capabilities” means the sensors, systems and analytical services needed to provide time-sensitive warnings of space weather events, orbital collisions, orbital fragmentations or the re-entry of man-made objects from orbit,

(c) “spacecraft” has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018,

(d) “spacecraft controller” means a person competent, authorised and responsible for maintaining safe and secure operation of spacecraft through monitoring the status of a spacecraft, issuing manoeuvre commands or controlling other aspects of the spacecraft that influence its behaviour including its motion in space.

(1)

2018 c. 5