The guidance directs the Transportation Department and other agencies to “implement a plan to integrate space launch and reentry management into airspace and traffic control modernization efforts.”
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By Edward Graham
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW
August 24, 2026 04:37 PM ET
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