# Streamlined Launch and Reentry License Requirements
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2020-12-10 · Effective 2021-03-10 · 85 FR 79566
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-22042
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 85 FR 79566
- **Publication date:** 2020-12-10
- **Effective date:** 2021-03-10
- **FAA docket:** Docket No.: FAA-2019-0229
## Abstract

This rule streamlines and increases flexibility in the FAA's commercial space launch and reentry regulations, and removes obsolete requirements. It consolidates and revises multiple regulatory parts and applies a single set of licensing and safety regulations across several types of operations and vehicles. The rule describes the requirements to obtain a vehicle operator license, the safety requirements, and the terms and conditions of a vehicle operator license.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/10/2020-22042/streamlined-launch-and-reentry-license-requirements)
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