Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00122:reg:48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00122
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 48
Character Range: 42120–44959

48  Information about launch vehicle
 (1) The application must include the following information relating to the launch vehicle proposed to be used in each launch:
 (a) the name and address of the manufacturer;
 (b) a copy of the manufacturer's quality assurance system, or a description of the system if a copy is not available to the applicant;
 (c) information showing whether the manufacturer has quality assurance certification that is in accordance with a recognised standard;
 (d) information showing whether the launch vehicle has been manufactured in accordance with the designer's specifications and tested and inspected having regard to the designer's specifications;
 (e) information showing whether the launch vehicle has been manufactured, tested and inspected in accordance with a recognised standard in the country of manufacture;
 (f) information showing whether the launch vehicle has received appropriate import approvals;
 (g) the name and address of the manufacturer of each of the systems of the launch vehicle mentioned in subsection (3);
 (h) technical specifications of each of the systems mentioned in subsection (3);
 (i) a description of the development, qualification and acceptance programs for the hardware and software of the systems mentioned in subsection (3), including:
 (i) information about any functional testing, modelling and analyses that have been carried out in relation to those systems; and
 (ii) a description of the results of the qualification verification and acceptance verification programs.
 (2) However, if a technical recognition instrument exists in relation to a kind of information required under subsection (1), the application may instead include a statement that identifies the technical recognition instrument.
 (3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(g) to (i), information is required for the following systems of the launch vehicle:
 (a) the structural system;
 (b) the propulsion system;
 (c) the fuel system;
 (d) the electrical system, including the power supply and power distribution;
 (e) each of the electronic systems, including the guidance system, communications system, flight control system, computer system and data management system;
 (f) the flight safety system.
 (4) The application must include a description of:
 (a) any previous flights that the launch vehicle, or a part of the launch vehicle, has undertaken; and
 (b) any assessment or testing of the vehicle following such a flight.
 (5) The application must include a declaration by the applicant that the launch vehicle is not, and does not contain, a nuclear weapon or weapon of mass destruction of any other kind.
 (6) If the launch vehicle contains a nuclear power source and the Minister's written approval has been obtained for it to do so, the application must include a copy of the approval.