Collected by: Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Archived since: May, 2011

Description:

The Oklahoma Spaceport Specializes in horizontal take-off and landing for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs). The Oklahoma Spaceport received its Launch Site Operators License from the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) on June 12, 2006, becoming only the sixth recipient to receive a Launch Site Operators License from AST. The Oklahoma Spaceport became the first inland spaceport to establish a flight corridor for space operations in the national airspace system clear of military operating areas or restricted airspace. This arrangement means that space vehicles will not need military permission to operate because the spaceport will have its own airspace.

Subject:   Government,  Government - US States