The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued the final remaining licences to Virgin Orbit ahead of a planned UK launch after requirements were met within
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Category: Space traffic management
Halo Space “makes first successful test flight of its space tourism balloon”
Halo Space has made a first successful test flight of its space tourism capsule (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/halo-space-tourist-company-to-make-first-flight-trial-balloon-flight-in-december-2022/) Balloon Facility of the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR)
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FAA publishes fact sheet on Upper Class E airspace concept of operations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published concept of operations on Upper Class E Airspace Traffic Management (ETM) Concept of Operations (ConOps). Upper Class E
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Spaceport Cornwall receives first-ever UK spaceport licence
The UK’s first orbital space launch moved one step closer to take-off as Spaceport Cornwall received the UK’s first ever spaceport licence, says the UK
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SoftBank and HAPSMobile develop radiowave propagation simulator for HAPS
Softbank and its subsidiary HAPSMobile have developed a radiowave propagation simulator for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric-based wireless communication systems. The simulator implements the
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Eurocontrol forum on impact of new airspace entrants on air traffic management operations
European safety agency Eurocontrol is hosting a strategic webinar on 16 November addressing the impact of space launches on the European air traffic management network.
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Registrations open for third and final European ECHO workshop on 6-7 December
As part of the European Concept of Higher Airspace Operations (ECHO) project, Eurocontrol is organising its third and final workshop on 6-7 December 2022, at its Brussels
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HALO Space tourist company to make first trial balloon flight in December 2022
HALO Space, a global space tourism travel company, has announced it will make the first test flight of a prototype space capsule in December 2022.
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FCC outlines proposals to minimise future space junk collisions
The US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has put forward new rules that would require satellite operators in low-Earth orbit to dispose of
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Raytheon enters UTM sector with new airspace integration solution, ITAAMS
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) is developing a new product designed to support the integration of new entrants into airspace, aligned with US Federal Aviation
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