Blue Origin New Glenn

Blue Origin New Glenn at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Project

Blue Origin currently has an FAA AST vehicle operator license (VOL 24-133) to conduct New Glenn launches at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Space Launch Complex 36 (SLC-36). Blue Origin’s vehicle operator license authorizes up to 12 New Glenn launches per year at SLC-36. The New Glenn launch vehicle is a two-stage orbital rocket (with an optional third stage) with a reusable first stage that can land on an platform at sea in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) proposes to conduct Starship-Super Heavy launch and landing operations associated with Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Brevard County, Florida. SpaceX must apply for and obtain a modified vehicle operator license from Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA AST) to conduct the proposed Starship-Super Heavy operations.

SpaceX Falcon SLC-40 Environmental Assessment (EA)

The FAA is announcing the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for SpaceX Falcon 9 Operations at Space Launch Complex-40, Cape Canaveral Space Station, Florida (Final EA and Mitigated FONSI/ROD).
The electronic versions of the Final EA and Mitigated FONSI/ROD are available on this website for download.

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SpaceX Falcon Program

SpaceX currently operates its Falcon family of commercial space launch vehicles, the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy, from launch complexes at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The Falcon 9 vehicle is 229 feet tall and has a diameter of 12 feet. The vehicle’s first stage returns to earth (either at a terrestrial landing zone or on a drone ship in the ocean), while the second stage delivers a payload to orbit and...

SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A

Project Updates

Proposed Action

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the lead Federal agency is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of issuing a new of modifying an existing commercial launch vehicle operator license to SpaceX for the Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. SpaceX proposes to construct launch, landing, and other...

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