Florida Spaceport System Plan 2018
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Florida Spaceport System Plan 2018 Florida Spaceport System Plan 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................................................................................................5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..............................................................................................................................................................................7 1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................................................11 1.1 Spaceport History .............................................................................................................................................................12 1.2 A Statewide Authority for the Nation’s First Spaceport System ................................................................................................................................................. 13 1.3 Emerging Space Transportation Trends Affecting the Statewide System and Spaceport Types ..14 1.4 Today’s Competition on a National and Worldwide Level ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 1.5 Competing States Spaceports and Spaceport Systems ................................................................................ 18 1.6 System Components ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.7 Florida Spaceport System Goals And Florida Transportation Plan Goal Comparison ........................ 23 2 FLORIDA’S EXISTING SPACEPORT SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................ 25 2.1 Inventory of System Condition and Performance .............................................................................................. 26 2.2 Classification of Spaceports ........................................................................................................................................ 39 2.3 Governance and funding ................................................................................................................................................ 41 2.4 Florida’s Competitive Advantages ............................................................................................................................ 45 3 CURRENT DEMAND AND NEED ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 3.1 Demand ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 3.2 Needs ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 3.3 Challenges ........................................................................................................................................................................... 58 4 FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM VISION ..................................................................................................................................... 65 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 66 4.2 Spaceport and spaceport territories ....................................................................................................................... 69 4.3 Control centers and airspace ...................................................................................................................................... 72 4.4 Spacecraft and launch vehicles .................................................................................................................................. 73 4.5 Payload Processing Facilities .......................................................................................................................................74 4.6 Intermodal Connections ................................................................................................................................................ 76 4.7 Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................. 77 5 IMPLEMENTING THE VISION ........................................................................................................................................................... 79 5.1 Collaboration and Decision-Making Structure ..................................................................................................... 80 5.2 Organize Spaceport Territory Planning By Area .................................................................................................. 82 5.3 Establish System-wide Program Funding and Prioritization Criteria .......................................................... 83 5.4 Upgrade and Maintain Essential Infrastructure ................................................................................................... 84 5.5 Create a System-Wide Branding Identity and Marketing Strategy .............................................................. 85 5.6 Communicate the Importance of Florida’s Spaceport System ..................................................................... 87 5.7 Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................. 88 2 FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM PLAN APPENDIX A EVOLUTION OF SPACEPORT AUTHORITY ROLE ......................................................................................... 89 A.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 90 A.2 Space Transportation and Spaceport Policy Engagement ............................................................................. 90 A.3 Transitioning State and Federal Jurisdictional Roles ........................................................................................ 91 A.4 Range and Operational Safety Emergency Response ...................................................................................... 91 A.5 Commercial Range Instrumentation and Capabilities ....................................................................................... 91 A.6 Land Use Planning to Support Future Capacity Needs .................................................................................... 92 APPENDIX B UNFUNDED NEEDS ................................................................................................................................................... 93 FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM PLAN 3 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.4a U.S. Spaceports Figure 1.4b Global Spaceports Figure 1.5a Conceptual launch site facilities for Spaceport Camden and locational map of the proposed site Figure 1.6a Current and Future Orbital Launch Vehicles Figure 1.7a Florida Spaceport System Plan Goals Figure 2.1a Florida’s Existing Spaceport System Figure 2.1b Florida Spaceport Capabilities Figure 2.1c Cape Canaveral Spaceport Figure 2.1d Cecil Airport Diagram Figure 2.1e Cecil Spaceport Apron and Taxiway Figure 2.1f Atlantic Launch Operating Area (including the CCAFS Eastern Range) Figure 2.1g Cape Canaveral Spaceport FAA Approved Operating Area Figure 2.1h Cape Canaveral Spaceport Conceptual Horizontal Launch Operations Figure 2.1i Cecil Spaceport FAA Approved Operating Area Figure 2.1j Cecil Spaceport Proposed Westerly Corridor for Suborbital Flights Figure 2.1k Florida’s SIS Figure 2.3a Florida Spaceport System and Master Planning Figure 3.1a Total Number of Orbital Launches Conducted by Country (2006-2017) Figure 3.1b Total Worlwide and Commercial Launch Activity Figure 3.1c Historical and Projected Commercial Orbital Launches by Industry Segment. Figure 3.1d Possible, Probable, Existing, and Non-addressable Orbital Missions Projected for the State of Florida Based on Worldwide Orbital Launch Forecast (2016-2023) Figure 3.1e 10-year RLV demand forecast Figure 3.2a Generic launch vehicle and payload processing overview Figure 3.2b Generic launch vehicle and payload processing detail for orbital flights Figure 4.1a Space Florida’s Vision 2025 Figure 4.1b Florida Spaceport System Plan Goals Figure 4.2a Florida Land Uses that Impact Spaceport System Planning Figure 4.2b Future Florida Spaceport System Concept Figure 5.1a Governance Model of Florida Spaceport System Figure 5.3a Call for Projects and Prioritization LIST OF TABLES Table 1.5a FAA-Licensed Commercial Spaceports in the United States Table 2.2a Florida Spaceport Classifications (Proposed) Table 2.3a Principal State-Facilitated Funding Investments to Date 4 FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM PLAN FOREWORD FOREWORD FOREWORD TO 2018 UPDATE In April 2013, Florida published the nation’s first a continuing dynamic evolution of the broader Spaceport System Plan. The plan described the domestic and international