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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

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UK Civil Aviation Authority Launches UK SORA: A Digital Risk Assessment System for unmanned aircraft systems
- Published on: 28 April 2025
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Response to Ryanair's statement on the delayed flight RK1265 from Agadir to Manchester
- Published on: 25 April 2025
- Category: News Item
1,616 businesses in the travel sector licensed under the ATOL scheme
- Published on: 02 April 2025
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