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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 Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 called on the Federal Aviation Administration to work with companies on voluntary industry consensus standards for commercial spacecraft safety.
A five-week partial U.S. government shutdown that ended on 2019-01-25 delayed the FAA’s release of proposed rules to reform licensing of commercial launches and reentries.
Wayne Monteith planned to retire after completing his tour at the 45th Space Wing last year but took the opportunity to run the FAA’s commercial space office to remain involved in launch activities.
The FAA announced plans to award astronaut wings in 2004 during Scaled Composites’ testing of its SpaceShipOne vehicle.
Brian Binnie received FAA astronaut wings for SpaceShipOne’s final powered flight in October 2004.
Mike Melvill received the first FAA astronaut wings in June 2004 after SpaceShipOne’s first flight beyond 80 km.
The FAA announced in November that Wayne Monteith, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general who previously commanded the 45th Space Wing, would take over as associate administrator for commercial space transportation on 2019-01-20.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the final set of Iridium Next satellites launched on 2019-01-11 under an existing FAA license.
The Federal Aviation Administration was working to release a notice of proposed rulemaking on 2019-02-01 on revised regulations intended to streamline the launch licensing process.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle launched on 2019-01-23 under an existing FAA license.
Rocket Lab required a new FAA launch license for a late-February 2019 Electron launch because the mission would fly an entirely new trajectory and required a new safety analysis.
DARPA extended the DARPA Launch Challenge requirement for prospective teams to have FAA launch license applications formally accepted from 2019-02-01, to 2019-02-15, because of the shutdown.
Exos Aerospace had previously postponed a planned 2019-01-05 launch because the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation was unable to modify their license to change wind-related safety calculations.
A revised FAA NOTAM reserved airspace for Blue Origin’s West Texas test site for 2019-01-22 and 2019-01-23 only.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a NOTAM restricting airspace around Blue Origin’s West Texas test site between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern on 2019-01-21 through 2019-01-23.
Once airborne, Stratolaunch expected the airplane’s flight test program to take 18 to 24 months to complete and receive an airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA announced 2018-12-22 that only exempt activities would continue during the shutdown, and commercial space launch oversight was listed as an exempt activity while other commercial space transportation activities were not.
The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a proposed rule to reform launch licensing processes that is due for release on 2018-02-01.
The Federal Aviation Administration published restricted airspace around Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site for a three-day period starting 2018-12-18.