FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation

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government agency office regulatory authority

The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation is the U.S. federal office responsible for licensing, regulating, and promoting the nation’s commercial space launch and reentry activities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Commercial Space Transportation	7
FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation canonical	4
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation	2
FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)	1
Title II—Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9807763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Context triple: [Commercial Space Launch Act, delegatedTo, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation]

A. Office of Space Commerce
The Office of Space Commerce is a U.S. government office responsible for promoting, regulating, and coordinating the nation’s commercial space industry and related economic activities.
B. Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority
The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority is a state-created organization that develops and operates space launch facilities, notably the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, to support commercial and government space missions.
C. Space Coordination Office
The Space Coordination Office was an Australian government body responsible for coordinating national civil space policy and activities prior to the establishment of the Australian Space Agency.
D. Office of the General Counsel (NASA)
The Office of the General Counsel (NASA) is the agency’s chief legal office, providing legal advice, representation, and policy guidance for all NASA programs and activities.
E. NASA Office of the Administrator
The NASA Office of the Administrator is the agency’s top executive office, responsible for overall leadership, policy direction, and strategic management of NASA’s missions and programs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Target entity description: The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation is the U.S. federal office responsible for licensing, regulating, and promoting the nation’s commercial space launch and reentry activities.

A. Office of Space Commerce
The Office of Space Commerce is a U.S. government office responsible for promoting, regulating, and coordinating the nation’s commercial space industry and related economic activities.
B. Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority
The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority is a state-created organization that develops and operates space launch facilities, notably the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, to support commercial and government space missions.
C. Space Coordination Office
The Space Coordination Office was an Australian government body responsible for coordinating national civil space policy and activities prior to the establishment of the Australian Space Agency.
D. Office of the General Counsel (NASA)
The Office of the General Counsel (NASA) is the agency’s chief legal office, providing legal advice, representation, and policy guidance for all NASA programs and activities.
E. NASA Office of the Administrator
The NASA Office of the Administrator is the agency’s top executive office, responsible for overall leadership, policy direction, and strategic management of NASA’s missions and programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency office ⓘ regulatory authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FAA AST ⓘ linked to: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation ⓘ linked to: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
collaboratesWith	other U.S. federal agencies on space transportation issues ⓘ state governments that host commercial spaceports ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
ensures	compliance of licensed activities with foreign policy interests of the United States ⓘ compliance of licensed activities with national security requirements ⓘ compliance of licensed activities with public health and safety standards ⓘ
focusArea	commercial space industry promotion ⓘ space launch safety ⓘ space reentry safety ⓘ
goal	to protect public safety during commercial spaceflight operations ⓘ to support growth of the U.S. commercial space industry ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
issues	experimental permits for reusable suborbital rockets ⓘ launch licenses ⓘ reentry licenses ⓘ
jurisdiction	commercial space transportation in the United States ⓘ
legalAuthority	U.S. commercial space launch and reentry statutes ⓘ
mission	to encourage, facilitate, and promote U.S. commercial space transportation ⓘ to ensure protection of the public, property, and national security interests during commercial space transportation activities ⓘ
oversees	commercial launch operators ⓘ commercial reentry operators ⓘ licensed U.S. commercial spaceports ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ U.S. Department of Transportation ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Transportation
partOf	Federal Aviation Administration headquarters organization ⓘ
regulates	commercial human spaceflight operators ⓘ commercial space launch activities ⓘ commercial space reentry activities ⓘ operation of launch sites ⓘ operation of reentry sites ⓘ
regulatoryScope	U.S. entities conducting commercial launches and reentries abroad ⓘ non-governmental U.S. commercial space launch and reentry activities ⓘ
responsibility	developing regulations for commercial human spaceflight ⓘ environmental review for licensed commercial space activities ⓘ licensing commercial space launches ⓘ licensing commercial space reentries ⓘ licensing operation of commercial spaceports ⓘ regulatory policy for commercial space transportation ⓘ safety oversight of licensed commercial space activities ⓘ
sector	commercial space transportation ⓘ
shortName	AST ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	performance-based safety regulation for commercial space transportation ⓘ
website	https://www.faa.gov/space ⓘ

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