TITLE 14 - AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SUBCHAPTER F - AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES

PART 101 - MOORED BALLOONS, KITES, UNMANNED ROCKETS AND UNMANNED FREE BALLOONS

subpart c - UNMANNED ROCKETS

101.23 - Operating limitations.

No person may operate an unmanned rocket (a) In a manner that creates a collision hazard with other aircraft; (b) In controlled airspace; (c) Within five miles of the boundary of any airport; (d) At any altitude where clouds or obscuring phenomena of more than five-tenths coverage prevails; (e) At any altitude where the horizontal visibility is less than five miles; (f) Into any cloud; (g) Within 1,500 feet of any person or property that is not associated with the operations; or (h) Between sunset and sunrise.

(Sec. 6(c), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c))) [Doc. No. 1580, 28 FR 6722, June 29, 1963, as amended by Amdt. 1014, 39 FR 22252, June 21, 1974]