Jul 12 2004
From The Space Library
The FAA announced that, on 17 June 2004, it had issued a license for the United States' first inland launch site. The five-year license authorized California's East Kern Airport District, which included the Mojave Airport, to operate as a launch site for suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV) missions. On 21 June 2004, SpaceShipOne had staged the first commercial launch to outer space from Mojave Airport. The license made the Mojave Airport the fifth commercial spaceport licensed by the FAA. The other four licensed spaceports were the California Spaceport at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Spaceport Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, and the Virginia Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). (FAA, “FAA Issues License for First Inland Launch Site,” news release APA 29-04, 12 July 2004, http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsid=5705 (accessed 28 January 2010).
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