# Presentation: 326911

## Spaceport Florida Authority

**Presentation to Advanced Spaceport Technology Working Group (ASTWG)**
**May 15, 2001**

- Keith Witt
-  Director of Spaceport Development

## Florida’s Space Industry

- A $4.5 Billion statewide enterprise
- 184 companies in 26 counties
- Commercial, NASA, Military, International and Academic Programs
-  NASA Partnership at Kennedy Space Center, Pensacola NAS, and most Florida Universities
-  DoD Partnership at CCAFS, Eglin AFB, Camp Blanding, Homestead ARB

## What is the Spaceport Authority?

- A subdivision of Florida’s government
- Statewide responsibility for space industry expansion and diversification
- Working in partnership with Florida’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development (OTTED)
- Also partner with Enterprise Florida, local EDC’s and academia
- Similar to an airport or seaport authority
- Empowered by law to provide all services, facilities and hardware necessary for the operation of a spaceport
- Integrating space transportation into Florida’s multi-modal transportation planning system

## The Florida Space Authority’s Goals

- Expand and diversify Florida’s statewide space industry
- Attract new commercial and government programs
- Exploit International Space Station-oriented economic and academic development opportunities
- Increase statewide space research and education involvement
- Increase the competitiveness and capacity of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport
- Evolve toward airport-like management and operations
- Recruit next-generation space transportation programs
- Support planning, financing and development of spaceport infrastructure

## Florida’s Commitment

-   Expanding Florida’s space industry is a priority
-    Governor Jeb Bush is engaged and very supportive
-    Lt. Governor Frank Brogan
-   Designated lead for space issues
-   Recently named Chairman of SFA Board
-    Growth in other space industry segments
-    State organizations are working together
-    Partnering with industry and federal agencies
-    Leveraging existing assets and strengths to create  new opportunities

## Partners in Innovation

-    _USAF 45__th__ Space Wing_  --  Responsible for operating Cape Canaveral Air Force 	Station and the Eastern Range
-    _NASA Kennedy Space Center_  --  Responsible for NASA launch and payload 	support operations for the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and 	expendable rockets
-    _Spaceport Florida Authority_  --  State agency responsible for space-related 	economic development
-    _Florida Commercial Space Financing Corporation_  --  Created in Florida law as a 	clearinghouse for innovative financing for space industry projects
-    _Enterprise Florida, Inc_  --  State-sponsored economic development organization 	with staff devoted to space industry development
-    _Florida Space Institute_  --  Multi-member institute hosted by University of Central 	Florida, designed to expand academic involvement in space research and 	education, primarily through direct interaction at the spaceport
-    _Florida Space Research Institute_  --  Independent agency, established in law, 	responsible for multi-university space activities

## Florida’s Space Activities

-    **Products and Services**
-    Manufacturing of components: satellite components on west and east 	coast; rocket 	engines in south Florida
-    Remote sensing, consumer products, telecommunications
-    **Space Transportation**
-    Launching of vehicles, transporting and processing of vehicles and payloads
-    Commercial, NASA/Civil, military/DoD, intelligence
-    **Research and Education**
-    Develop programs for technical and advanced skills to maintain and improve the 	workforce
-    Seek to develop areas of space research strengths that will foster opportunities for 	universities and foundations for commercial 	development

## The Role of State Space Authorities

-    Statewide Economic Development
-    Multi-Agency Partnership
-    Multi-State Partnership
-    Research & Development
-    Educational Support
-    Nurture Emerging States
-    Common Goals Benefit Space Industry as Pillar of 	National Strength
- _Bottom Line_:  States can have a Space Authority 	without a launch site

## Florida’s Space Transportation Strategy

**Florida’s Space Transportation Strategy**

- Refine Florida’s Spacelift Transportation Master Plan
- Adopt lessons from other transportation systems to increase throughput – integrating spaceport development and planning
- Build on inter-governmental cooperation and facilitate industry participation in modernization of CCS
- Vigorously advocate federal policies that improve facilities and operations for commercial space transportation
- Recruit domestic and international launch vehicles to the Cape Canaveral Spaceport – become international spaceport

## Spaceport Florida Authority

**Spaceport Florida Authority**

**Florida’s Space Authority**