The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), through its Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), is a regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and licensing commercial space launch and reentry operations in the U.S. It ensures public safety, protects property, and upholds national security and foreign policy interests while promoting the growth of the U.S. commercial space sector. The FAA partners with organizations like NASA and also issues licenses for spaceports. Associated keywords: commercial space transportation, launch licensing, reentry licensing, spaceport regulation, public safety.
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Astra has opened a mishap investigation and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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.
The FLYSAFE program integrates FAA data with Johns Creek’s interactive mapping services.
Users of the Skyward InFlight mobile app can obtain automated access to controlled airspace from the Federal Aviation Administration through LAANC.
The Federal Aviation Administration rejected a payload review in May for two Vigoride tugs that Momentus planned to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission due to national security concerns.
Amentum was awarded a $97,200,000 Federal Aviation Administration Environmental Remediation Support Services contract in support of the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
DroneUp operates an on-demand drone delivery network with over 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified pilots.
Adam Robertson will serve on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
In 2016 Mercer became director of the Interagency Program Office for the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen program.
The Federal Aviation Administration denied Momentus’ payload review for a planned launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission on 2021-05-11 based on a finding that the launch would jeopardize U.S. national security.
Momentus missed the opportunity to launch its first tug Vigoride-1 on SpaceX’s Transporter-1 rideshare mission in January because it could not complete a Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation payload review in time.
The collaboration will ensure that AURA’s services and equipment meet Federal Aviation Administration standards.
Aevum's Ravn X unmanned aircraft will be used to deliver cargo and launch rockets, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Rocket Lab is leading the flight review into the 2021-05-15 anomaly with support from the Federal Aviation Administration.
On 2021-05-11, the Federal Aviation Administration denied Momentus’ payload review application for flying its first two tugs on a SpaceX rideshare launch scheduled in June.
Momentus was awaiting a Federal Aviation Administration payload review to allow it to launch its first space tug, Vigoride-1, on a SpaceX rideshare mission in June 2024.
Viasat received Supplemental Type Certificate approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Ku Advanced in-flight connectivity system on select Bombardier Challenger 600 series business jets.
The Federal Aviation Administration could not approve Momentus’s payload due to national security and foreign ownership concerns regarding Momentus raised by the Department of Defense during an interagency review.
Flytrex has participated in the Federal Aviation Administration’s UAS Integration Pilot Program since 2018.
Flytrex is in the final stages of receiving key certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to help launch drone delivery across the U.S.