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The Department of Transportation announced a deadline for a final FAA commercial launch and reentry rule at the National Space Council meeting on 2019-08-20, setting a target of fall 2020.
Viasat’s dual-band (Ku-Ka) business aviation in-flight connectivity system received a Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA for use on the Bombardier Global 5000/6000/GEX family of business jets.
SpaceX spent much of the summer working with the Federal Aviation Administration to amend an experimental permit to allow a 150-meter test flight of the smaller Starhopper vehicle.
Progress toward Starship flight tests depends on obtaining approvals such as an experimental permit or launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA modified SpaceX’s permit for Starhopper to allow only a single flight to 150 m and greatly increased the company’s third-party liability requirement.
A Senate appropriations bill that funds the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 2020 called on the FAA to revise its approach to streamlining commercial launch and regulatory regulations.
The spending bill includes $26,040,000 for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, compared to an administration request of $25,598,000 and $24,949,000 provided in the House’s version of the spending bill.
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 2019-08-27 flight was delayed by issues amending SpaceX’s experimental permit issued by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The FAA revised permit for Starhopper increased the third-party liability insurance requirement from $3,000,000 to $100,000,000.
The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation intends to complete its reorganization by the end of the year.
As of 2019-08-15, the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation had received just over 20 substantive comments in the rulemaking process.
The Federal Aviation Administration intends to complete a reorganization focused on efficiency in its Office of Commercial Space Transportation before seeking significant additional personnel.
The public comment period for planned revisions to FAA launch licensing regulations closed on 2019-08-19.
The FAA previously oversaw a single-digit number of launches annually and estimates that by 2021 that number will likely be in the mid-50s.
Since 2012, the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has increased staffing by 40 percent.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) formally announced on 2019-07-22 that it was extending the public comment deadline for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to streamline commercial launch and reentry regulations from 2019-07-30 to 2019-08-19.
The FAA will provide written responses to clarifying questions submitted by 2019-07-29 instead of holding a public meeting about the proposed rule.
Tory Bruno, president and chief executive of United Launch Alliance, tweeted on 2019-07-19 linking to ULA’s 2019-07-19 letter and praising the FAA for increasing flexibility while maintaining public safety.
The Government Accountability Office recommended in a 2019-05-23 report that the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation better manage its workforce needs, including producing long-term projections of staffing requirements.