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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The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed new regulations to require commercial launch providers to dispose of upper stages from their launches to mitigate the growth of orbital debris.
Testing of Link 16 payloads also requires authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to transmit Link 16 signals in national airspace over a test site at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
SpaceX delivered a report on the 2023-04-20 failure to the Federal Aviation Administration earlier in the month.
Red Cat Holdings, Inc.’s military-grade sUAS Teal 2 received Remote ID certification from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Federal Aviation Administration will require all UAS operating in the U.S. national airspace system to be equipped with Remote ID as of 2023-09-16.
Brett Alexander has experience with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee.
Brett Alexander's prior roles include work at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
Pyka has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its Pelican Spray aircraft for crop protection commercially nationwide.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started to reduce the amount of airspace it closes for launches from Cape Canaveral.
CesiumAstro is pursuing all necessary certifications and testing required for both the military and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Several environmental and Native American groups filed a lawsuit on 2023-05-01 alleging the Federal Aviation Administration improperly carried out an environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas.
The Spaceport Company’s offshore spaceport demonstration tested regulatory approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard for sea-based launches.
The demonstration exercised obtaining approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing airspace and waters, and remotely launching the rocket.
Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration on 2023-05-01 challenging the FAA’s environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued the launch license for the 2023-04-20 Starship flight and must complete an investigation and grant approval before SpaceX can launch again.
Blue Origin is working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration to close out the NS-23 investigation.
The Federal Aviation Administration formally concluded its investigation into Astra’s 2022-06-01 Rocket 3.3 launch on 2023-03-01.
The Federal Aviation Administration permits ComEd to request operational waivers that allow pilots to remotely operate drones without a visual line of sight.
Astra received a formal closure letter from the Federal Aviation Administration concluding the TROPICS-1 mishap investigation.
Skyfire and VOTIX plan to work closely with agencies and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expedite regulatory approvals, including beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.