Spaceports in the United States

[yg1968]

Attached is a FAA spaceport map from August 2011:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/industry/media/Spaceport%20Map%20August%202011.ppt

See also page 146 of this PDF Document (which includes proposed spaceports):
http://www.dot.gov/budget/2012/budgetestimates/faa.pdf

[yg1968]

Spaceport in Georgia:
http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/proposed-georgia-spaceport-site-visited-by-xcor-and-other-companies.html

[swampcat]

An update on the Colorado Spaceport:

Front Range Airport Receives Full Funding for Spaceport License

[Robert Thompson]

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/24/new-mojave-spaceport-promotional-video-is-a-hit-with-the-kids/

[yg1968]

Update on Cape Canaveral Spaceport:
http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/5563

[JohnFornaro]

I'm curious, do you think New Mexico went ahead with calling it Spaceport 'America" to give off the impression that THIS is America's spaceport to discourage the development of other spaceports.

Of course they did.

Are there any banks called "the second national bank"?

[docmordrid]

Yes - in Ohio and Pennsylvania, at the least.  Bank names can be as odd as the Fifth Third Bank, AKA "5/3".

[JohnFornaro]

I'm curious, do you think New Mexico went ahead with calling it Spaceport 'America" to give off the impression that THIS is America's spaceport to discourage the development of other spaceports.

Of course they did.

Are there any banks called "the second national bank"?

Bank names can be as odd as the Fifth Third Bank, AKA "5/3".

That's hysterical.  Probably the "exception that proves the rule".

Even so, I've gotta back off the idea that they did it to "discourage" the development of other ports.  I posted too fast; they're proud of being "first".

Theirs is a marketing decision, regarding the name.  I mean, compare "SpacePort America" with "SpacePort Fifth Third".

[yg1968]

Article on the various spaceports in the United States: 
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/02/12/spaceports-spaceports-everywhere-a-spaceport-but-very-little-to-launch/

The information is taken from the following FAA document:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31057.0

[jacqmans]

KSC-2013-1529 (02/15/2013) --- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An artist's concept shows a possible layout of a commercial spacecraft and rocket using facilities inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the center undergoes a transformation into a multi-user spaceport. At left is the Space Launch System, or SLS, currently under development by NASA. At right is a generic rocket and spacecraft design indicative of the likely arrangement of such a vehicle. Several companies are designing rockets and spacecraft that could be used to launch astronauts and payloads into space in the future. Credit: NASA

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KSC-2013-1528 (02/15/2013) --- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An artist's concept shows a possible layout of a commercial spacecraft and rocket using facilities at Launch Pad 39A as NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida undergoes a transformation into a multi-user spaceport. Several companies are designing rockets and spacecraft that could be used to launch astronauts and payloads into space in the future. Credit: NASA

[Robotbeat]

That cut-away image shows what looks like a fat Falcon 9 (looking at the business end) with a hydrolox upper stage. Probably entirely notional, but still kind of interesting.

[jongoff]

Curiosity question. I've got a lot of friends (mostly former Masten biz dev guys) out in Georgia talking about the proposed spaceport in Georgia. Location is: Lat/Long: 30.942188, -81.530668. Does anyone with access to STK want to run a quick analysis on what the launch trajectories would look like for an ISS launch? They're trying to pitch this to SpaceX as an alternative to the Florida and Texas launch sites.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30.942188,+-81.530668&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=30.543339,-79.72229&spn=3.665997,5.971069&client=firefox-a&hnear=0x88e51fcc2027faeb:0xc97e33ee7e9dd2b6,%2B30%C2%B0+56%27+40.80%22,+-81%C2%B0+31%27+51.03%22&gl=us&t=m&z=8

~Jon

[parham55]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published an article discussing Georgia's bid to land SpaceX in Camden County.

http://www.ajc.com/news/business/georgia-bids-to-land-spacex-base/nW53t/

Seems to have a wider range of inclinations available, without doglegs, than the purposed Texas site.

[parham55]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published an article discussing Georgia's bid to land SpaceX in Camden County.

http://www.ajc.com/news/business/georgia-bids-to-land-spacex-base/nW53t/

Seems to have a wider range of inclinations available, without doglegs, than the purposed Texas site.

New thread discussing this Georgia launch site, specifically.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31525.0

[Covspaceman]

BTW, what ever happened to the rocket launching facilities on an Texas coastal island where the one and only Conestoga rocket was launched?

There were no facilities, only trailers.

News of Texas' efforts to capitalise on commercial spaceflight has reached the BBC here in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23602024

Regards,
Andrew.