FAA OKs Joining SLC-36, SLC-46 Under Common Approval
Space Florida's efforts to secure licenses for two launch sites
has been significantly streamlined by quick approval by the FAA's
Office of Commercial Space Transportation of Space Florida's
request to consolidate FAA Launch Site Operator license
applications.
Launched Monitoring Program Weeks Before February 10
Collision
Last week's collision involving a defunct Russian satellite and
an active Iridium telecommunications relay station over Siberia
highlighted the dangers on-orbit debris represents to current and
future satellites, and even manned spacecraft. It also showed how
difficult it is to properly monitor the estimated 13,000 satellites
and pieces of man-made debris now in orbit around Earth.
United States intelligence based on spy satellite photos
suggests North Korea is preparing another test on a long-range
Taepodong-2 missile. North Korea has responded to the accusation by
claiming it is getting set to launch a satellite.
The Beech Wind Tunnel at Wichita State University's National
Institute for Aviation Research recently performed subsonic wind
tunnel tests for a full-scale model of Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems' ScanEagle Compressed Carriage, a long-endurance autonomous
unmanned vehicle.
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