The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of the Air Force have signed an agreement aimed at streamlining commercial space activities at ranges operated by the US Space Force. The agreement recognises common safety standards for FAA-licensed launch and reentry activities that occur on, originate from, or return to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It also removes duplicative processes and approvals for the US commercial space sector. The FAA will accept the Department of the Air Force’s ground safety rules and other safety processes, analyses and products as long as they satisfy FAA regulations. The Department of the Air Force will accept FAA licensing decisions and generally will not impose its own requirements for the flight portion of a launch or reentry.
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