In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will be landing its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get
In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will be landing its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get its first mission approved for reentry in Utah, the company announced Thursday.
The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rejected Varda’s application to land its first in-space manufacturing spacecraft in the Utah desert last month.
Varda CEO Delian Asparouhov told TechCrunch in a recent interview that the issue is primarily due to the three parties coordinating under a new reentry framework called Part 450.
He added that the company met in-person with UTTR last week to begin the process of coordinating a new set of target dates for bring the spacecraft home.
While a rocket launch can be delayed by a day or week with little problem or the vehicle, once the satellite bus executes its reentry burn, its coming back, whether regulators approve or not.
But over the past nine years, there’s been an exponential growth in activity …] so I don’t think that there necessarily need to be policy changes, its just a question of staffing and responsiveness,” he said.
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In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will be landing its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get its first mission approved for reentry in Utah, the company announced Thursday.
The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rejected Varda’s application to land its first in-space manufacturing spacecraft in the Utah desert last month.
Varda CEO Delian Asparouhov told TechCrunch in a recent interview that the issue is primarily due to the three parties coordinating under a new reentry framework called Part 450.
He added that the company met in-person with UTTR last week to begin the process of coordinating a new set of target dates for bring the spacecraft home.
While a rocket launch can be delayed by a day or week with little problem or the vehicle, once the satellite bus executes its reentry burn, its coming back, whether regulators approve or not.
But over the past nine years, there’s been an exponential growth in activity …] so I don’t think that there necessarily need to be policy changes, its just a question of staffing and responsiveness,” he said.
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