PART 8Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities

CHAPTER 4Other safety requirements

SECTION 5Preparations for launch, return and other operations

Monitoring the environmental and meteorological conditions97.

(1)

A spaceflight operator must monitor environmental and meteorological conditions during the operator’s spaceflight activities in so far as necessary to carry out those activities safely.

(2)

The spaceflight operator must make the latest environmental and meteorological information referred to in paragraph (1) available without delay to—

(a)

the accountable manager, the safety manager and, where the operator’s spaceflight activities are authorised by a launch operator licence, the launch director and any other members of the operating staff who require such information to carry out their spaceflight duties safely, and

(b)

the range control service provider, the spaceport licensee and any other person who requires such information to support the operator’s spaceflight activities being carried out safely.