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The FAA's guidelines encourage commercial space operations to occur during nighttime hours when other flight operations tend to be reduced.
The FAA introduced a revised zone of restricted airspace around and extending offshore for many launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center.
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.
The bill directs the FAA to offer a basic level of data, information, and services at no charge, including maintaining a public catalog of space objects and providing emergency conjunction notifications.
The bill allows the FAA to establish its own space situational awareness facilities and to work with other federal agencies, companies, or international organizations for data on such objects.
Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer at SpaceX, stated that since a 2014 FAA record of decision allowing SpaceX to develop launch facilities at Boca Chica, SpaceX has invested more than $3,000,000,000 into developing the Boca Chica launch facility and the Starship/Super Heavy launch system.
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.
In June 2022 the FAA required 75 environmental actions by SpaceX before launching Starship.
The FAA completed an environmental review in June 2022 that allowed SpaceX to conduct launches from Boca Chica provided SpaceX carried out prescribed mitigations.
The lawsuit argues that the FAA did not adequately examine alternatives to launching from Boca Chica, including launching from the Kennedy Space Center.
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.
The FAA completed an environmental review for Starship launches in June 2022 that set more than 75 conditions on SpaceX.
The FAA concluded an environmental review of Starship launches from Boca Chica in June 2022.
Relativity intends to deliver a comprehensive official report at the conclusion of its Terran 1 investigation while respecting relationships with external parties including the FAA.
A 2015 legislative extension moved the expiration of the learning period to 2023-10-01 and required the FAA to hire an independent organization to produce a report on voluntary standards progress and key industry metrics.
The RAND Corporation prepared a report for Congress that was released on 2023-04-03 recommending that current restrictions on the FAA’s ability to regulate safety for commercial spacecraft be allowed to expire later in 2023.