Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-102
§70101 Recovery of Fair Value of Placing Department of Defense Payloads in Orbit with Space Launch System
Title 51 › Subtitle VII — Access to Space › CHAPTER 701 — USE OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR ALTERNATIVES › § 70101
Summary
Regardless of other laws or agency agreements, the Administrator must set prices that recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit using the space launch system.
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Title 51, §70101
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator shall charge such prices as are necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the space launch system.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7010142 U.S.C. 2464.Pub. L. 97–324, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1600.
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Amendments
2015—Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “space launch system” for “space shuttle” in section catchline and text.
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51 U.S.C. § 70101
Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102