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Airspace blogs

• Range control licences: Giving space space

  Published on: 25 April 2024 | Category:Space, Category:Airspace, Category:Safety

  A range control service oversees, clears, and controls a zone to make rocket launches safer. A range licence is a legal requirement ahead of a space launch, but is not in itself permission to launch.

• A year on from Launcher One: Reflections on airspace requirements for space operations

  Published on: 10 January 2024 | Category:Airspace, Category:Space

  One year on from the UK’s first historic orbital space launch, Mark Jones, one of our Airspace Regulators, shares his insights on co-ordinating airspace requirements for space operations.

• How we’re working with blue light landing sites to implement better landing procedures

  Published on: 02 August 2023 | Category:Airspace

  We're working with landing sites to put in place new systems to allow helicopters to operate in challenging conditions.

• Want to be part of airspace modernisation? The UK Civil Aviation Authority has a fund that can help your organisation.

  Published on: 15 March 2023 | Category:Airspace

  Nur Abdul-Hameed from our Airspace Modernisation Oversight team explains how your organisation could get funding for projects to help drive airspace modernisation