Federal Aviation Administration

1. Federal Aviation Administration Overview of theFederal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA AST)

2. AST’s Dual Mission Goals Title 51 US Code Subtitle V, Ch. 509 • Regulate the commercial space transportation industry, only to the extent necessary, to ensure compliance with international obligations of the United States and to protect the public health and safety, safety of property, and national security and foreign policy interest of the United States. • Encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches and re-entries by the private sector.

3. Licensing / Permitting Process FlowAST Reviews, Approvals, and Determinations Policy Review Payload Review Financial Responsibility Determination License or Permit Application Submittal Environmental Review Safety Review

4. AST Statutory Mission ELV Air Launch Launch & Reentry Sites RLV Launch & Reentry Sea Launch Human Space Flight

5. Who Needs a License or Permit? License U.S. Companies Operating inside U.S. Operating outside U.S. Foreign Companies Operating inside U.S. U.S. Commercial Launch or Reentry Sites Experimental Permit Reusable suborbital rockets may obtain a permit for the sole purpose of R&D operations Gathering data for a license Crew training • Amateur Rocketry activities do not need a license or permit (unmanned, ITot<200 Klbf-sec)

6. Types of Launch Sites Oklahoma Spaceport Kodiak Launch Complex California Spaceport Sea Launch Florida Spaceport Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ELV Mojave Air and Space Port

7. U.S. SpaceportsCommercial/Government/Private Active and Proposed Launch Sites Poker Flat Research Range * · Kodiak Launch Complex Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport California Spaceport · ¨ Mojave Airport Key U.S. Federal Launch Site Non-Federal FAA-Licensed Launch Site Owned by University of Alaska Geophysical Institute Sole Site Operator Wallops Flight Facility Oklahoma Spaceport · · ¨ Spaceport America ¨ ¨ Edwards AFB · · Vandenberg AFB Cecil Field Spaceport * ¨ · White Sands Missile Range * • Kennedy Space • Center • Cape Canaveral • Air Force Station · * ¨ · Blue Origin Launch site Spaceport Florida Sea Launch Platform Equatorial Pacific Ocean Other spaceports have been proposed by: Alabama, Washington, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Indiana and multiple locations in Texas. Reagan Test Site Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands FAA/AST: August 2011

8. Commercial Human Space Flight The Space Flight Participant (SFP) regime was included in the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. Passed on 8 Dec 2004 and signed on 23 Dec 2004. Clear regime for commercial human spaceflight. Created new experimental permit regime. SFP regulations were released on December 15, 2006. 14 CFR Subpart (sec 460.41-49) “Congress finds that the regulatory standards governing human space flight must evolve as the industry matures so that regulations neither stifle technology development nor expose crew or space flight participants to avoidable risks as the public comes to expect greater safety for crew and space flight participants from the industry.”

9. Summary AST’s Statutory Authority: Regulate and Promote AST Currently Has Authority to Regulate Operations of Vehicles and Launch/Reentry Sites Does Not Include Launches By/For U.S. Gov’t AST Regulates All U.S. Citizens Regardless of Activity Location, Anybody Operating in the U.S. Authority for Regulation of Commercial Human Spaceflight Exists NET EOY 2012 For more information, visit www.faa.gov/go/ast