April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... sustainable operations. Rocket Lab offers the world’s only private orbital launch range in Mahia, New Zealand. An FAA-licensed spaceport, Launch Complex 1, can provide up to 120 launch opportunities every year. About the author Stuart...
16 September 2015
From CubeSats to drones – playing catch-up with technology in air and space
... set to double. However, an exponentially evolving technology sector is posing new challenges to U.S. officials everywhere from the FAA to the RTCA. One such technology is commercial/privately owned drones. At the “Reinventing the National Aerospace...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
SpaceX plans to speed up the production and launch of its Falcon 9 rocket in 2016, as well as introduce its Falcon Heavy rocket and complete a test of its commercial crew vehicle. This was stated by the company's president Gwynne Shotwell in a ...
04 October 2017
First ever Stratollite launch from Spaceport Tucson
... global hub for commerce and science in the stratosphere formally opened its doors to business. “The FAA recently provided a Certificate of Authorization to World View to launch Stratollite missions from Spaceport Tucson. It features an immense...
28 August 2019
SpaceX's Skyhopper impresses with its highest test flight
... flight, which lasted just 57 seconds, was enough to see the stumpy cylinder-shaped craft reach its FAA-approved 150 metre (492-foot) altitude limit, just after 6 pm EDT (22:00 GMT). "Congrats SpaceX team!!" SpaceX...
27 April 2020
SpaceX's first full-scale Starship passes key test
... week, while Starship could be “physically” ready for a hop test in a “few weeks”, though “approvals [from the FAA] may take longer.” Musk has said repeatedly that his space exploration firm will continue testing...
