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Freeing up Airspace for Space Launch and Recovery 

Here’s an interesting article on how the FAA currently, and plans, to handle commercial space launch and recovery restricted airspace.

 

“The FAA is beta-testing a new air traffic tool with the help of data from SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, a task that signals a major shift in how the agency will manage restricted airspace around future space launches and reentries.

The effort is meant to limit the size and amount of time airspace remains off limits to commercial airlines or other National Airspace System (NAS) users during space vehicle ascent or return operations, as well as to automate the non-optimal procedures that air traffic controllers perform by hand today during a launch or recovery. SpaceX and the FAA are partners in the project.”

Read more at Aviation Week.

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