[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR431.53]

[Page 856]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 431_LAUNCH AND REENTRY OF A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV)--Table of 
 
           Subpart D_Payload Reentry Review and Determination
 
Sec. 431.53  Classes of payloads.

    (a) The FAA may approve the return of a type or class of payload 
(for example, communications or microgravity/scientific satellites).
    (b) The RLV mission licensee that will return a payload approved for 
reentry under this section, is responsible for providing current 
information in accordance with Sec. 431.57 regarding the payload 
proposed for reentry no later than 60 days before a scheduled RLV 
mission involving that payload.