§ 5802. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5802]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 84--COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS
Sec. 5802. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter--
(1) the term ``agency'' means an executive agency as defined by
section 105 of title 5;
(2) the term ``anchor tenancy'' means an arrangement in which
the United States Government agrees to procure sufficient quantities
of a commercial space product or service needed to meet Government
mission requirements so that a commercial venture is made viable;
(3) the term ``commercial'' means having--
(A) private capital at risk, and
(B) primary financial and management responsibility for the
activity reside with the private sector;
(4) the term ``cost effective'' means costing no more than the
available alternatives, determined by a comparison of all related
direct and indirect costs including, in the case of Government
costs, applicable Government labor and overhead costs as well as
contractor charges, and taking into account the ability of each
alternative to accommodate mission requirements as well as the
related factors of risk, reliability, schedule, and technical
performance;
(5) the term ``launch'' means to place, or attempt to place, a
launch vehicle and its payload, if any, in a suborbital trajectory,
in Earth orbit in outer space, or otherwise in outer space;
(6) the term ``launch services'' means activities involved in
the preparation of a launch vehicle and its payload for launch and
the conduct of a launch;
(7) the term ``launch support facilities'' means facilities
located at launch sites or launch ranges that are required to
support launch activities, including launch vehicle assembly, launch
vehicle operations and control, communications, flight safety
functions, and payload operations, control, and processing.\1\
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(8) the term ``launch vehicle'' means any vehicle constructed
for the purpose of operating in or placing a payload in, outer space
or in suborbital trajectories, and includes components of that
vehicle;
(9) the term ``payload'' means an object which a person
undertakes to launch, and includes subcomponents of the launch
vehicle specifically designed or adapted for that object;
(10) the term ``payload integration services'' means activities
involved in integrating multiple payloads into a single payload for
launch or integrating a payload with a launch vehicle;
(11) the term ``space recovery support facilities'' means
facilities required to support activities related to the recovery of
payloads returned from space to a space recovery site, including
operations and control, communications, flight safety functions, and
payload processing;
(12) the term ``space transportation infrastructure'' means
facilities, associated equipment, and real property, including
launch sites, launch support facilities, space recovery sites, and
space recovery support facilities, required to perform launch or
space recovery activities;
(13) the term ``State'' means the several States, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and
(14) the term ``United States'' means the States, collectively.
(Pub. L. 102-588, title V, Sec. 502, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5123.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this
title'', meaning title V of Pub. L. 102-588, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat.
5122, which enacted this chapter and amended section 2454 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare, and section 2615 of former Title 49,
Transportation. For complete classification of title V to the Code, see
Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 49 section 70301.
