FAA’s Space Data Integrator Shifting To Operational Status

Bill Carey June 14, 2021
FAA air traffic control specialists
Air traffic control specialists at the FAA’s ATC System Command Center in Warrenton, Virginia, monitor space launch and recovery operations from the Challenger Space Operations Room.
Credit: Bill Carey/AW&ST
As it surpassed 400 licensed launches over 32 years in its role as the regulator of U.S. commercial space activity, the FAA also introduced a new capability to track rockets and reentry vehicles as they transition through the airspace. Within weeks of the May 22 suborbital flight of Virgin Galactic...
Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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