[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: 14CFR431.85]

[Page 859]
 
                     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 E_Post-Licensing Requirements_Reusable Launch Vehicle Mission 
                      License Terms and Conditions
 
Sec. 431.85  Registration of space objects.

    (a) To assist the U.S. Government in implementing Article IV of the 
1975 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, 
each licensee shall provide to the FAA the information required by 
paragraph (b) of this section for all objects placed in space by a 
licensed RLV mission, including an RLV and any components, except:
    (1) Any object owned and registered by the U.S. Government; and
    (2) Any object owned by a foreign entity.
    (b) For each object that must be registered in accordance with this 
section, a licensee shall submit the following information not later 
than thirty (30) days following the conduct of a licensed RLV mission :
    (1) The international designator of the space object(s);
    (2) Date and location of the RLV mission initiation;
    (3) General function of the space object; and
    (4) Final orbital parameters, including:
    (i) Nodal period;
    (ii) Inclination;
    (iii) Apogee; and
    (iv) Perigee.
    (c) A licensee shall notify the FAA when it removes an object that 
it has previously placed in space.