Range control

Range control services
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1
For the purposes of this Act the following are “range control services”—
a
identifying an appropriate range for particular spaceflight activities;
b
co-ordinating arrangements for the activation and operation of the range;
c
obtaining all necessary information for identifying the range and for co-ordinating its activation and operation;
d
ensuring that notifications are issued for the protection of persons who might be put at risk by spacecraft or carrier aircraft within the range or in the vicinity of it;
e
monitoring the range, and the spacecraft or carrier aircraft for which it is provided, to ascertain—
i
whether the restrictions or exclusions to which the range is subject are complied with;
ii
whether planned trajectories are adhered to;
f
communicating any failure to comply with those restrictions or exclusions, or to adhere to those trajectories, for the purpose of enabling any appropriate actions to be taken in response;
g
any prescribed services provided for the purposes of, or in connection with, services within any of paragraphs (a) to (f).
2
Services prescribed under subsection (1)(g) must relate to—
a
safety systems,
b
facilities or infrastructure (including facilities or infrastructure relating to ground control, communications, transport, power, handling of hazardous materials, environmental protection, emergency response or security),
c
planning, scheduling or co-ordination of activities or operations, or
d
meteorological information.
S. 6(1)(2) in force at 26.11.2018 by S.I. 2018/1224, reg. 2(j)