
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $175,000 civil penalty against SpaceX for failing to provide the agency with some safety-related data before the August 2022 launch of Starlink satellites, Reuters reported.
The FAA said SpaceX must provide the information, known as launch collision analysis data, directly to the agency at least seven days before the launch attempt.
This data is used to estimate the probability of a collision between a launch vehicle and one of the thousands of tracked objects orbiting the Earth.
SpaceX has 30 days to respond to the FAA after receiving the penalty notice.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The proposed fine is the latest escalation of tensions between SpaceX and the FAA as the company’s launch speed tests U.S. rocket launch and return regulations.
In 2020, the FAA found that SpaceX violated launch rules by allowing the company’s giant Starship rocket prototype to take off without obtaining approval for key data related to the vehicle’s potential blast radius.
Source: Hot News

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