Spaceport America receives FAA license
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2008, 8:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Spaceport America, a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico that will be the home of Virgin Galactic, received its operators license from the FAA on Monday, one of the final milestones before construction of the facility will begin. The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued the launch site operator license to the New Mexico Spaceport Authority at the same time it released the record of decision on the environmental impact study for the spaceport on Monday, the last item needed before the license could be issued. Receiving the license was one of the last items needed to be completed before construction of the spaceport, in southern New Mexico north of Las Cruces, could begin. Groundbreaking of the $200-million facility is planned for the first quarter of 2009, with the terminal and hangar facilities to be completed by late 2010. The spaceport's anchor tenant will be Virgin Galactic, who will fly its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle from the spaceport once commercial operations begin.
Spaceport America, a new commercial spaceport in New Mexico that will be the home of Virgin Galactic, received its operators license from the FAA on Monday, one of the final milestones before construction of the facility will begin. The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued the launch site operator license to the New Mexico Spaceport Authority at the same time it released the record of decision on the environmental impact study for the spaceport on Monday, the last item needed before the license could be issued. Receiving the license was one of the last items needed to be completed before construction of the spaceport, in southern New Mexico north of Las Cruces, could begin. Groundbreaking of the $200-million facility is planned for the first quarter of 2009, with the terminal and hangar facilities to be completed by late 2010. The spaceport's anchor tenant will be Virgin Galactic, who will fly its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle from the spaceport once commercial operations begin.
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