46.—(1) Where the licensee’s range control services consist of or include identifying an appropriate range for the operator’s spaceflight activities, prior to the commencement of the operator’s spaceflight activities, the licensee must—
(a)identify an appropriate range for the operator’s spaceflight activities, taking into account the matters referred to in paragraph (2), and
(b)provide details of the range set out in paragraph (3) to the persons mentioned in paragraph (4).
(2) The matters to be taken into account under paragraph (1)(a) include—
(a)the characteristics of the launch vehicle;
(b)the planned trajectory of the launch vehicle;
(c)the capabilities of the equipment to be used by the licensee in the provision of the licensee’s range control services;
(d)relevant environmental and meteorological conditions which will apply prior to and during the launch, flight or a controlled and planned landing or a planned but uncontrolled landing, as the case may be, of the launch vehicle including the information provided by the spaceflight operator referred to in regulation 97(2);
(e)areas of population and activities regularly conducted by individuals not involved in the operator’s spaceflight activities—
(i)at or in the vicinity of the designated site or place, or
(ii)in any other area in respect of which the operator’s spaceflight activities may pose a risk to the health, safety or property of such areas of population or individuals.
(3) The licensee must, utilising meteorological, chronological and other relevant measurement systems, accurately identify—
(a)the locations of the designated site or place, the mission management facility(1) or ground control at a spaceport or other place, and of any relevant equipment to be used in the provision of the licensee’s range control services during the operator’s spaceflight activities;
(b)the dimensions of—
(i)any area of land,
(ii)any area of sea, and
(iii)the volume of airspace,
falling within the designated range;
(c)the outer boundaries of the designated range, being the estimated location at which the launch vehicle, or any part or debris from it, may land following the activation of the flight safety system relating to the operator’s spaceflight activities;
(d)the inner boundaries of the designated range, being the activation points for the flight safety system as provided by the spaceflight operator’s current safety case.
(4) The licensee must provide written details of the designated range without delay to—
(a)the regulator,
(b)the spaceflight operator, and
(c)the spaceport licensee authorised to operate the spaceport at the designated site.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 46 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
47.—(1) This regulation applies where the licensee’s range control services consist of or include identifying a volume of airspace or an area or areas of land or sea falling within the designated range (a “hazard area”) which require to be made subject to restrictions, exclusions or warnings for keeping the area clear at relevant times of—
(a)persons or things that might pose a hazard to the operator’s spaceflight activities, and
(b)persons or things to which the operator’s spaceflight activities might pose a hazard.
(2) Prior to the commencement of the operator’s spaceflight activities, the licensee must identify the dimensions, location and boundary of each hazard area and must promulgate—
(a)which part or parts of the hazard area should be designated—
(i)an exclusion zone,
(ii)a restricted zone, and
(iii)a warning zone, and
(b)the time periods within which such zones should be operative.
(3) The licensee must communicate the information in paragraph (2), in relation to each hazard area, without delay to—
(a)the regulator,
(b)the spaceflight operator,
(c)the spaceport licensee authorised to operate the spaceport at the designated site, and
(d)the relevant authorities.
(4) In paragraph (2)—
(a)an “exclusion zone” is part of a hazard area to which entry by any vehicle, ship, aircraft, or other craft, individual or domestic animal is excluded;
(b)a “restricted zone” is part of a hazard area to which entry is restricted to authorised individuals whose presence is necessary for the carrying out of spaceflight activities or for the performance of duties in connection with such activities;
(c)a “warning zone” is part of a hazard area to which entry is not restricted but which is subject to a requirement to provide a warning notice in accordance with regulation 51.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 47 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
48. Where the licensee’s range control services consist of or include monitoring a hazard area, the licensee must ensure that—
(a)appropriate measures are taken to protect an exclusion zone or restricted zone from unauthorised entry during time periods within which the zones are operative, and
(b)a warning notice has been issued in respect of a warning zone in accordance with regulation 51.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 48 in force at 29.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
“mission management facility” is defined in section 69(1) of the Space Industry Act 2018 as having the meaning given in section 19(4).