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U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

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FAA regulations will likely focus on informed consent, training guidelines, medical screening, commercial liability, and accident investigation jurisdiction.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

The FAA and RAND Corporation reported they had gathered enough information to begin making regulations for the safety of commercial spaceflight participants by 2023.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act streamlined regulatory authority on space tourism to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

The FAA views new safety standards as essential to the continued growth of the space tourism industry.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

During the moratorium, the FAA promoted the development of voluntary consensus standards among private companies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

The FAA established a group to generate formal commercial spaceflight standards after the RAND report.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Zero-gravity regulations

Iridium will provide the STL service to a similar number of Federal Aviation Administration facilities throughout the United States.

Mentioned as: Federal Aviation AdministrationOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2024Iridium signs 5 year contract with L3Harris to protect FAA critical nfrastructure

L3Harris owns and operates a private nationwide network for the FAA that provides voice, data, and video communications for National Airspace System operations and mission support functions.

Mentioned as: FAAOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2024Iridium signs 5 year contract with L3Harris to protect FAA critical nfrastructure

The FAA announced plans to establish a SpARC later 2024 to study how to improve Part 450.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Org RelationshipMar 29, 2024Senate bills seek to reform commercial space regulations

The Teal 2 platform is Blue UAS Certified and FAA Remote ID approved.

Mentioned as: FAATechnical ProductMar 27, 2024Red Cat receives million$$ in contract awards for 2 NATO allied countries

The FAA has updated SpaceX’s Starship launch license after every flight to date to reflect mission changes such as the different suborbital trajectory used on the 2024-03-14 flight.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralMar 19, 2024SpaceX planning rapid turnaround for next Starship flight

The FAA established an aerospace rulemaking committee called SpARC to collect industry input on ways to improve Part 450 launch regulations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralMar 19, 2024SpaceX planning rapid turnaround for next Starship flight

The FAA does not anticipate the mishap investigation into the 2024-03-14 flight to turn up major issues that could significantly delay the next Starship launch.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralMar 19, 2024SpaceX planning rapid turnaround for next Starship flight

Kelvin Coleman mentioned that the FAA is aware of SpaceX's interest in increasing flight rates.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralMar 18, 2024Accelerating Starship

Five FAA licensed spaceports operate in Texas, but none are suitable for attracting commercial launch companies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative GeneralMar 18, 2024Texas Space Commissions, from Conestoga to Starship

The FAA will require SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation after the Flight 3 incident before allowing additional launches.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative PlanMar 18, 2024Accelerating Starship

The FAA requested nearly $3,500,000 for mission authorization work to provide oversight of commercial space activities not currently overseen by the FAA or other agencies.

Mentioned as: faaTechnical ProductMar 13, 2024FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office

The FAA requested $7,000,000 in additional funding for its Air Traffic Organization related to commercial space activities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Narrative FinancialMar 13, 2024FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office

The Federal Aviation Administration requested $57,130,000 for its Office of Commercial Space Transportation in its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal released 2024-03-11.

Mentioned as: Federal Aviation AdministrationTechnical ProductMar 13, 2024FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office

The FAA plans to allocate $7,900,000 of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation budget increase toward hiring additional staff to support launch and reentry licensing and oversight.

Mentioned as: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Org RelationshipMar 13, 2024FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office
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