Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Integration into the National Airspace System Concept of Operations May 2020 Commercial Space Integration into the National Airspace System (CSINAS) Concept of Operations This document was developed in collaboration with key representatives from the following organizations: Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Office of Commercial Space (AST), Office of Airports (ARP), and Office of NextGen (ANG). For more information, please contact: Name: Matt Modderno Organizational Code: ANG-C5 Phone Number: 202-267-5151 Email address:
[email protected] 1 Abstract This Concept of Operations (ConOps) is an update to the Space Vehicle Operations (SVO) ConOps, Version 1.1, 2014. It evolves the concepts put forth in that document for managing that National Airspace System (NAS) during commercial launch and reentry vehicle operations. The NAS is defined as the following: The common network of U.S. airspace; air navigation facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas; aeronautical charts, information and services; rules, regulations and procedures, technical information, and manpower and material. Included are system components shared jointly with the military1. Air traffic services (ATS) in U.S. are provided over the domestic U.S. and within. In the airspace over the contiguous U.S. and out to 12 nautical miles (NM) from the U.S. shores, domestic air traffic control (ATC) separation is applied (with certain limitations) along with additional services (e.g., traffic advisories, bird activity information, weather and chaff information, etc.). The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has also delegated some high seas airspace to the United States (U.S.) for the provision of ATS.