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Lightning Hazard Mitigation Burden-Reducing Exception

Agencies
Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration
Type
Proposed Rule
Published
Document number
2026-20391

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Summary

FAA proposes to amend its commercial space launch and reentry licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden for license applicants. Specifically, FAA proposes to add an exception for compliance with lightning hazard mitigation requirements for certain licensed launch and reentry operations.

How it was scored

Democratic to Republican Leaning Republican, 87% confidence
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Economic left to right Leaning right, 99% confidence
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Libertarian to authoritarian Leaning libertarian, 99% confidence
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Authoritarian Libertarian Economic left Economic right Lightning Hazard Mitigation Burden-Reducing Exception (Leaning Republican)

Scored by jev-1.13.0 on October 7, 2026. A reading describes what the action does, not who issued it, and is based on the summary. Scores are automated and can be wrong. How scoring works