The CEO of Virgin Orbit says regulators have lots of work to do to keep up with anticipated growth
is poised to complete the first flight of its new space launch system in the coming months in what many see as a key milestone in the burgeoning market for small satellites – in this case placed in orbit via the LauncherOne rocket outfitted onBut the California company’s CEO Dan Hart says he’s worried whether the Federal Aviation Administration and other oversight agencies can handle what one of billionaire Richard Branson’s upstart space companies envisions will be hundreds if not thousands of...
Hart, who has spent much of his career in the space industry – including working on the Space Shuttle program and the launch of the first GPS satellites -- spoke about the company’s big goals for this year; how it is navigating regulatory challenges; and what he sees as the company’s domestic and international competition in the small satellite launch market.
“It is really time to pick up the pace on space traffic management,” Hart admonished. “The Commerce Department was kind of given the baton last year and that was good to see. There is a lot of work to be done on norms of behavior in orbit, all the coordination, and getting the whole globe on the same page, so that everyone known what is going on in space like they do on airplanes. That is going to take a lot of work and a lot of time.I’ve been involved in space my whole career.
I came over to Virgin two years ago and we set up launch to orbit. Virgin is another great element to connect with space because it begot a very missionary style.What are a couple of things that you might not have imagined at the start?
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