DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this title— (1) the term “commercial provider” means any person providing launch services, but does not include the Federal Government; (2) the term “launch services” means activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle and its payload for space transport and the conduct of transporting a payload; (3) the term “launch vehicle” means any vehicle constructed for the purpose of operating in, or placing a payload in, outer space; and (4) the term “payload” means an object which a person undertakes to place in outer space by means of a launch vehicle, and includes subcomponents of the launch vehicle specifically designed or adapted for that object.