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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/792/regulation/113</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Space Industry Regulations 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SPACE INDUSTRY</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-05-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations implement the Space Industry Act 2018 (“the Act”) (c. 5) by putting in place a regulatory regime for spaceflight operations carried out in the United Kingdom.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>A spaceflight operator must maintain adequate atmospheric conditions in the inhabited areas of the launch vehicle, or provide equipment to provide such conditions to each human occupant, by monitoring and controlling—</Text>
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<Text>the composition of the atmosphere including oxygen, carbon dioxide and the need for revitalisation of the internal atmosphere,</Text>
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<Text>pressure, temperature and humidity,</Text>
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<Text>contaminants that include particles and any harmful or hazardous concentrations of gases or vapours, and</Text>
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