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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Licences and permits - Launch licences

7: Launch of launch vehicle from New Zealand requires launch licence

You could also call this:

"Launching a rocket from New Zealand needs a special permit"

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If you want to launch a launch vehicle from New Zealand, you need a launch licence. You cannot launch a vehicle from a launch facility in New Zealand without this licence. You also need a licence if you launch a vehicle from a plane that took off from New Zealand.

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Part 2Licences and permits
Launch licences

7Launch of launch vehicle from New Zealand requires launch licence

  1. A person must not launch a launch vehicle from a launch facility in New Zealand, or from a vehicle in the air that was launched from New Zealand, unless the person has a launch licence for the launch of the launch vehicle from the launch facility or the vehicle (as the case may be).