Regulations about Govt tables for butterflies and missile landing

The Government has submitted regulations for the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) on space and re -entering on Wednesday, which establish in law the rules on butterfly and missile landings for Bahamas.

The regulations establish how to request a license to land a rocket in the Bahamas; where a rocket can land in relation to people and historical landmarks; And what is expected to happen in the case of an “inconvenience”.

In regulations, a mistake is defined as “a launching or re -entering accident, incident, planned or unplanned event or a series of events that led to a) fatality or serious injury; b) damages that exceed twenty-five thousand dollars to a launching or re-entering vehicle and the useful task or at the assistance unit or the governmental property located on the launch or re-entering site.

The regulations ensure that no person, unless a license is granted to do so, cannot launch a vehicle with or without a useful task through the Bahamian airspace or try to land a vehicle in the Bahamas.

The document also emphasizes that the types of licenses available to companies that launch rockets for space are overload and re -entering licenses.

A re -entry license is used to perform a single re -entry operation that can take place at any time from the date of granting the license, but does not exceed six months from its date.

Spacex has successfully landed Falcon 9 Stage-1 rocket rocket in exuma Sound recently, in a first mission of its kind for the Space Exploration Company.

The company hopes to land another 19 rockets in the Bahamas before the end of the year.

The regulations explain that when a re -entering license is granted to a company, no overload license is required.

The regulations prohibit re -entry operations in the designated areas as protected areas.

The regulations impose the department of ports and the environmental planning and protection department to carry out an environmental analysis of the landing area before granting a license.

“No re -entry license is granted, unless the environmental planning and protection department and any other relevant government agencies are satisfied that all safety, maritime and environmental agencies are satisfied and that all safety, maritime and environmental problems have been properly addressed,” the regulations say.

The regulations also request that the Bahamas be compensated against the damages and that the CAAB will determine the value of the necessary insurance coverage.

“Each licensee will compensate, defend and hold harmlessly Bahamas and employees, agents, successors and respective representatives from and against all third -party requirements, requests, processes, causes of action (either right or in equity), costs, expenses and expenses of lawyer and any debt, because for any damage, under the outer space treaty. “

The regulations also require the licensee to appoint the Bahamas as an additional insured party in accordance with the insurance policy required by the launch jurisdiction.

The regulations ask the licensee to notify, in the most expensive way, to notify CAAB of any mistake and to bear any costs associated with cleaning after such a mistake.

The regulations impose penalties to an operator who violates the terms and conditions of regulations and could pay penalties of up to $ 500,000 or five years in prison or may be subject to both.

When requesting a re -entry license, the regulations provide the Government the ability to renounce the launch fees for up to 20 total launches.