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FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)

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The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation is performing an environmental review of Starship launches from Boca Chica.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space TransportationOrg RelationshipJun 26, 2021SpaceX aiming for July for Starship orbital launch despite regulatory reviews

Virgin Galactic announced on 2021-06-25 that the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation updated its existing launch license for SpaceShipTwo to allow the company to fly spaceflight participants in addition to crew.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipJun 25, 2021Virgin Galactic cleared to fly customers on SpaceShipTwo

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.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipJun 10, 2021Russian co-founders out of Momentus

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation notified Momentus on 2025-05-10 that it had denied the company’s application for a payload review.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipMay 11, 2021FAA rejects payload review for Momentus

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.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipMar 8, 2021Georgia spaceport proponents upbeat despite latest delay

The National Academy of Public Administration published a report on 2020-08-20 concluding that the Commerce Department was the best agency for civil space traffic management compared to NASA, the Department of Defense, and the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)NoiseSep 23, 2020Space station maneuvers to avoid debris

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation received an average score of 2.25 in the NAPA assessment.

Mentioned as: FAA’s Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The transportation, housing and urban development spending bill includes $27,555,000 for the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, which matches the FAA's request and is $1,500,000 above its 2020 level.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipJul 15, 2020House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation had been developing space traffic management concepts for several years prior to the assignment of civil STM responsibility to the Commerce Department under SPD-3.

Mentioned as: FAA’s Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

SpaceX had received a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation on 2020-05-28.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipMay 29, 2020SpaceX Starship prototype destroyed after static-fire test

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation published the Starship Prototype Launch Vehicle launch license on 2020-05-28.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductMay 29, 2020SpaceX gets FAA approval for Starship flight tests

The FAA formally opened the Office of Spaceports as part of a reorganization of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation announced in early April.

Mentioned as: Office of Commercial Space TransportationOrg RelationshipMay 8, 2020FAA establishes spaceport office to support growing number of launch sites

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued a launch site operators license to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority on 2020-05-05.

Mentioned as: Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductMay 8, 2020FAA establishes spaceport office to support growing number of launch sites

A follow-on low-altitude hop test similar to the August 2019 Starhopper flight would have required an experimental permit from the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, which had not been issued.

Mentioned as: Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductApr 3, 2020Third Starship prototype destroyed in tanking test

SpaceX had not received a launch license or experimental permit from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation for a suborbital Starship test flight but had filed two Federal Communications Commission applications for telemetry and vehicle radar operations requesting six-month periods of operations starting in mid-March.

Mentioned as: Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space TransportationOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2020Second Starship prototype damaged in pressurization test

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation published a draft environmental assessment on 2020-02-27 regarding SpaceX launch activities from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center and Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Mentioned as: Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductFeb 27, 2020SpaceX planning major increase in Florida launch activity

The Federal Aviation Administration requested $27,555,000 for the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal.

Mentioned as: Office of Commercial Space TransportationTechnical ProductFeb 13, 2020FAA commercial space office seeks budget increase to keep up with industry growth

Astra received a launch license from the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation on 2020-01-09 for a mission from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation received $24,949,000 in fiscal year 2019 and the administration requested $25,598,000 for fiscal year 2020.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Technical ProductDec 17, 2019Spending bill highlights ongoing debate on Commerce Department’s role in space traffic management

A separate minibus appropriations bill that includes transportation funding provides $26,040,000 for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Mentioned as: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Org RelationshipDec 17, 2019Spending bill highlights ongoing debate on Commerce Department’s role in space traffic management
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