[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1214.111]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart 1214.1_General Provisions Regarding Space Shuttle Flights of 

        Payloads for Non-U.S. Government, Reimbursable Customers

 

Sec. 1214.111  Rendezvous services.



    (a) A rendezvous mission involves the rendezvous of the Space 

Shuttle orbiter with an orbiting spacecraft for one or more of the 

following purposes:

    (1) Retrieval and return to Earth of the orbiting spacecraft (or 

part thereof), including a spacecraft deployed earlier on the same Space 

Shuttle flight.

    (2) Exchange of a spacecraft (or part thereof) delivered to orbit on 

a particular Space Shuttle mission for an already orbiting spacecraft 

(or part thereof) and return of already orbiting spacecraft to Earth.

    (3) Revisit of an orbiting spacecraft for purposes such as resupply, 

repair, reboost or inspection.

    (b) Mission operational requirements and associated optional service 

charges and conditions for both dedicated and shared flight rendezvous 

services will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.