Simplifying Physical Containment Requirements
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- What it does
FAA proposes to amend its commercial space launch and reentry licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden on operators. Specifically, FAA proposes to relieve the burden by specifying that, when using physical containment as a hazard control strategy, operators do not need to develop flight hazard areas in accordance with FAA's existing flight hazard area analysis requirements.
The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
2 parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2120-AM38 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Send comments on or before November 4, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-20386 |
|---|---|
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration |
| Published | Oct. 5, 2026 |
| Comments close | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2120-AM38 |
| Docket | FAA-2026-9934 |
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