The Department of Transportation (DOT), through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), plays a crucial regulatory role in the U.S. commercial space transportation industry. It is responsible for licensing and overseeing commercial space launch and reentry operations, ensuring public safety, protecting property, and considering national security and foreign policy interests. The DOT also encourages and facilitates the growth of the commercial space sector, working with partners like NASA and the Department of Defense to streamline regulations and promote innovation.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee approved on 2019-09-19 a bill that funds the Department of Transportation, which includes the FAA, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The National Space Council instructed the Commerce Department to report, within 90 days, on commercial space activities not regulated by U.S. agencies and to work with the Department of Transportation to provide a roadmap enabling current and evolving U.S. commercial space activities to receive authorization under appropriate federal regulatory frameworks.
SPD-2 directed the Department of Transportation, through the Federal Aviation Administration, to publish proposed revisions to commercial launch and reentry regulations by 2019-02-01.
The revised Space Frontier Act requires the Department of Transportation to issue final rules on revised commercial launch regulations by 2020-02-01.
Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao awarded commercial astronaut wings to Mark “Forger” Stucky and Frederick “CJ” Sturckow in a 2019-02-07 ceremony at DOT headquarters.
Space Policy Directive 2, announced in 2018-02-01, set a 2019-02-01 deadline for the Department of Transportation to rescind or revise launch regulations or publish proposed rules rescinding or revising those regulations.
Space Policy Directive 2, signed by President Trump in May, directs the Department of Transportation through the FAA to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking by 2018-02-01.
Space Policy Directive 2, signed by President Trump in May, directs the Department of Transportation through the Federal Aviation Administration to review existing commercial launch and reentry regulations and develop proposals for revising them to minimize uncertainty and encourage American leadership in space commerce.
Sen. James Inhofe’s amendment to S. 3277 directs the Department of Transportation to perform a study on the joint use of military facilities for both government and commercial launches, including the feasibility of increasing the number of military installations that could host commercial launches and reentries.
S. 3277 gives the Department of Transportation, through the Federal Aviation Administration, the ability to use the payload review portion of the launch licensing process to authorize non-traditional space activities not overseen by other agencies.
H.R. 5346 directs the Department of Transportation, through the Federal Aviation Administration, to issue licenses and experimental permits for space support vehicles that include aircraft flights providing training for or research supporting commercial launches.
Space Policy Directive 2 calls on the Department of Transportation to streamline launch licensing regulations by 2018-02-01.
Space Policy Directive 2, signed by President Trump on 2018-05-24, directs the Department of Transportation, through the Federal Aviation Administration, to develop revised regulations for licensing of commercial launches and reentries.
SPD-2 calls on the Department of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking for the directed regulatory changes no later than 2018-02-01.
Space Policy Directive 2 (SPD-2) was signed by President Trump on 2018-05-24 directing the Department of Transportation to rescind or revise regulations for commercial launches and reentries.