2018 GAA Annual Conference & Expo | Jekyll Island, Ga

Back to the Beach: For a Low Country Luau

Session Five: Spaceports: From Georgia and

Beyond….

Spaceports: Airports as Launch Complexes

GEORGIA AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION

OCTOBER 25, 2018

KEN IBOLD

SPACEPORT LICENSING SPECIALIST

SENIOR AVIATION CONSULTANT

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …

SpaceportsA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …

The Mos Eisley Spaceport – ‘A wretched hive of scum and villany’

Only yesterday …

The Space Shuttle – ‘The Shuttle is to space flight what

Lindbergh was to commercial aviation’

SpaceportsOnly yesterday …

Vehicle Paradigm Shift» Reduce costs

» Reusable vehicles

» Reduce costs

» Capture or create new launch business

» Reduce costs?

» Amortize costsmore broadly

Spaceport Paradigm Shift» Reduce costs

» Minimize dedicated infrastructure

» Use existing infrastructure and operational capability

Suitable Launch Vehicles

Rocket Crafters

SideriusRocketplane XP

XCOR Lynx

Suitable Launch Vehicles

Rocket Crafters

Siderius

Rocketplane XP

XCOR Lynx

Suitable Launch Vehicles

Stratolaunch

System

GO Launcher

Virgin Galactic

SpaceShipTwo

Orbital ATK

Suitable Launch Vehicles

Stratolaunch System: Approx 175-foot MLG width

Suitable Launch Vehicles

Airbus

Spaceplane

Skylon

Unsuitable Launch Vehicles

Unsuitable Launch Vehicles

Spaceports: License Elements» Location

» Flight corridor

» Airspace

» Local support

» Safetydistances

» Flightcorridor

» Riskanalysis

» NEPA– EA/EIS

– Sonicboom

Spaceports: License Elements

» Safety distances

» Think1,250feet

» Storageof fuelandoxidizer

» OLA

Spaceports: License Elements

» Develop flightcorridor

» Performriskanalysis

Spaceports: License Elements

» Airspace is a turf battle

» ExpectTFRs

» The SUAdilemma

» No real-time trafficseparationyet

Spaceports: License Elements

» Developflightcorridor

» Performriskanalysis

Spaceports: License Elements

»Developflightcorridor

»Performriskanalysis

Spaceports: License Elements

»NEPA: EIS or EA–FAA / Agency coordination

–Low number of operations

–Aircraft-likeoperations

–Rocket ignitionat altitude

–Sonic boom

Spaceports: License Elements

»Sonic boom

Spaceports: License Elements

» Model sonic boom

Spaceports: License Elements

»Demonstrate extent of boom

»No ‘acceptable’ level

»Where can it be heard?

Spaceports: License Elements

Spaceports: The Next GenerationFor more information:

» Part 400

» Part 417

» Part 420

» Part 433

» But that’s

only part of

the story

Spaceports: The Next Generation» ALP

» Part 139

» AEP