# Requirements for Amateur Rocket Activities
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2008-12-04 · Effective 2009-02-02 · 73 FR 73768
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-28703
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 73 FR 73768
- **Publication date:** 2008-12-04
- **Effective date:** 2009-02-02
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. FAA-2007-27390
## Abstract

This final rule amends amateur rocket regulations to preserve the level of safety associated with amateur rocketry and to reflect current industry practice. The new regulations update and align FAA regulations with widely used advances in the amateur rocket industry, specify the required information collected from operators of advanced amateur rocket launches, and define amateur rocket classifications. This action also corrects minor inconsistencies in the current rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/12/04/E8-28703/requirements-for-amateur-rocket-activities)
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