Commercial Spaceport Licensing RS&H is a leader in developing documentation for commercial spaceport licensing, assisting airports in positioning themselves to take advantage of future horizontal launch/recovery operations by commercial spacecraft. This formative industry combines RS&H’s extensive knowledge of launch infrastructure requirements with its experience in airport planning. Merging these two industries [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Planning Master Planning Aviation Aviation-Planning Environmental Location Jacksonville, FL Client/Owner Jacksonville Aviation Authority Cecil Field Spaceport RS&H prepared a Commercial Spaceport Master Plan for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority – the first of its kind in the nation. The master plan outlined [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location State of Florida Client Space Florida Spaceport Master Plan for the State of Florida RS&H prepared a comprehensive statewide Spaceport Master Plan for Space Florida. As part of the effort, we completed a statewide facilities assessment of space transportation infrastructure, [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location Titusville, FL Client/Owner Space Coast Regional Airport Space Coast Regional Airport Spaceport Feasibility Study RS&H completed an expedited technical feasibility study of Space Coast Regional Airport to evaluate its ability to support spaceport operations for horizontal reusable launch vehicles, a [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location Prestwick, Scotland Client Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited Glasgow Prestwick Airport RS&H provided engineering and planning support to Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited to evaluate the feasibility of developing and licensing a commercial spaceport at Prestwick Glasgow Airport in Prestwick, Scotland, UK [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL Client/Owner Space Florida Multivehicle Launch Pad Space Launch Complex 46 RS&H designed Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the Spaceport Florida Authority (now Space Florida) to uniquely accommodate a range of [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location Houston, TX Client/Owner Houston Airport System Ellington Field Spaceport Feasibility Study RS&H prepared a technical feasibility study for the Houston Airport System to evaluate the potential of developing Ellington Field as a commercial spaceport. To assess the technical feasibility [...]
Description Aerospace Spaceport Planning Location Huntsville, AL Alabama Spaceport Feasibility Study The State of Alabama is investigating the possibility of the Huntsville International Airport becoming a landing site for space transportation vehicles. RS&H assessed the technical feasibility of the airport as a reentry site. RS&H [...]
Spaceport Planning & Design for Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility In support of the launch of Antares launch vehicle, RS&H was selected by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority to perform both the initial site configuration studies and the complete spaceport planning and design of Pad 0A at the [...]