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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APS obtained a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver for beyond line of sight (BVLOS) flights by enlisting regulatory professional services from Iris Automation.
The Federal Aviation Administration was unable to grant SpaceX approval for the Momentus payload on the Transporter-1 launch in January 2021 due to national security and foreign ownership concerns raised by the Department of Defense during an interagency review.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation delayed completion of the final environmental impact statement for Spaceport Camden and set a new expected release date of 2021-04-20.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration announced final rules for unmanned aircraft systems in December 2020, which included a requirement for Remote ID.
The Federal Aviation Administration approved the SN9 flight less than 24 hours before the 2021-02-02 launch.
The first Momentus space tug, Vigoride, was planned to fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-1 rideshare mission on 2021-01-24 but was not flown because the Federal Aviation Administration did not complete a payload review in time.
Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) partnered with the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s BEYOND program.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved fully-automated commercial drone flights by American Robotics for the first time.
DroneUp is the first drone organization to operate with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Section 107.39 Operation Over People Waiver.
American Robotics became the first company approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate automated drones without human operators on-site.
The Federal Aviation Administration published temporary flight restrictions on 2021-01-12 closing airspace above Blue Origin’s West Texas test site from 2021-01-14 through 2021-01-17 from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern each day.
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao appointed Adam Bry, the Co-Founder and CEO of Skydio, to serve a two-year term on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Drone Advisory Committee.
Momentus will continue to work with the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain approval for its payloads.
Momentus is delaying its first operational mission, Vigoride-1, that was to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 later 2021-01 to later in the year because it was unable to obtain Federal Aviation Administration approval following an incomplete interagency review.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued rules allowing small drones to fly over people and at night.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued Santa a special commercial space license for a crewed mission to the International Space Station using his StarSleigh-1 space capsule powered by the Rudolph Rocket.
The National Reconnaissance Office has procured commercial launches from Rocket Lab that are licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The drone features a beacon that meets U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Night Waiver standards, visible 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) away.
Measure has enabled CoStar Group to effectively manage and ensure Federal Aviation Administration compliance for thousands of drone flights.
Aevum will seek airworthiness certification for Ravn X from the Federal Aviation Administration.