Seeks views on draft environment objectives and guidance for the spaceflight regulator under the Space Industry Act 2018.
The Space Industry Act 2018 created the high-level legal framework to enable commercial spaceflight and associated activities to be carried out from the UK. Under the act, the Secretary of State for Transport must set environmental objectives for the spaceflight regulator to take account of when exercising its duties under the act.
We’re consulting on draft environment objectives that we propose setting for the spaceflight regulator and associated guidance on how the regulator should implement the objectives.
These objectives and guidance supplement the guidance on assessment of environmental effects (AEE) that applicants for launch operator and spaceport licences must submit. We consulted on the guidance on AEEs as part of the Spaceport and spaceflight activities: regulations and guidance consultation, which was published on 29 July 2020.