[AR] Re: FAA licencing a 20 mi offshore launch.
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:45:52 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, snyder@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I had heard a quote from the FAA that they didn't really have much
jurisdiction beyond 12 miles, but that may have been just in
air traffic control.
The FAA launch-licensing people have jurisdiction over US persons and
companies launching *anywhere* -- Sea Launch (a US company) needed launch
licenses to fly from the equatorial Pacific, way out in the middle of
international-watery nowhere. The safety aspects in particular did get a
lot easier with no uninvolved public anywhere nearby, but the paperwork
still had to be done.
Henry
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