The Space Industry Regulations 2021 No. 792

PART 8 Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities

CHAPTER 4 Other safety requirements

SECTION 3 Requirements about specific safety roles

Responsibilities of the accountable manager

87.—(1) A spaceflight operator must ensure that the accountable manager has a duty to address all safety concerns relating to the operator’s spaceflight activities reported to that manager—

(a) where the operator’s spaceflight activities are authorised by a launch operator licence, before a launch and during any part of those activities, or

(b) where the operator’s spaceflight activities are authorised by a return operator licence, before those activities commence and during any part of those activities.

(2) The accountable manager must record in writing safety concerns referred to in paragraph (1) and how those concerns are addressed.