The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is a branch of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) responsible for regulating and promoting the U.S. commercial space transportation industry. AST licenses private sector launches of space payloads on expendable launch vehicles and commercial space launch facilities. It also sets insurance requirements and ensures compliance with U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Key activities include licensing launches and reentries, regulating launch site operations, and working to integrate commercial space operations into the National Airspace System.
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The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) received nearly $37,600,000 in fiscal year 2023.
Gerstenmaier recommended doubling the budget of the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation to improve licensing processes.
An increase in launch activity is straining the workforce at the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
SpaceX supports providing additional resources to the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST).
Brett Alexander's prior roles include work at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation requested $42,500,000 for fiscal year 2023.
The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation received $32,470,000 in fiscal year 2022.
The fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill included $37,854,000 for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The report accompanying the omnibus directed the FAA to hire up to 40 additional people for the Office of Commercial Space Transportation with the additional funding.
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation received $32,470,000 in fiscal year 2022.
The appropriations report included $33,675,000 for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) for fiscal year 2023.
The FAA requested $42,500,000 for the Office of Commercial Space Transportation in its 2023 budget proposal.
Courtney Stadd directed the Office of Commercial Space Transportation from 1986 to 1988 and fought against the office being subsumed into FAA.
Space Perspective’s flights will be performed under a license obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation received $42,700,000 in the discussed budget allocations.
The omnibus funding for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation was an increase over the $27,560,000 the office received in 2021.
The omnibus bill provided $32,470,000 for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation awarded a launch site operator’s license to Camden County, Georgia, making it the thirteenth commercial launch site licensed by the agency.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation must issue a launch license for Astra’s 2022-02-05 launch.
Momentus was unable to complete a payload review by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation needed for the original launch and moved the mission to another Falcon 9 rideshare mission in June 2021.