# The Space Industry Regulations 2021, Regulation 94: Verification and validation by testing etc. of the launch vehicle and the ground support equipment


(1) For the purposes set out in paragraph (2), before a launch, a spaceflight operator must carry out verification and validation processes—
(a) by testing, analysing, reviewing or inspecting the launch vehicle and the ground support equipment, and
(b) by integrated testing of that vehicle and equipment.
(2) The purposes are to ensure that—
(a) the launch vehicle is fit for the operator’s spaceflight activities, and
(b) the ground support equipment is fit for supporting that launch vehicle and the operator’s spaceflight activities.
(3) The spaceflight operator must—
(a) record the results of the verification and validation referred to in paragraph (1) in writing, and
(b) before a launch, ensure that copies of the results of such verification and validation are received and considered by the spaceflight operator and any member of the operating staff who has duties which are relevant to the results of the verification and validation.
(4) In this regulation—
“integrated testing” includes testing how the launch vehicle and its ground support equipment and any systems of that vehicle and that equipment function together;
“systems” includes hardware and software.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223682/regulation/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021/regulation-94
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