FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation canonical | 1 |
| 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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regulatory authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FAA AST
NERFINISHED
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Office of Commercial Space Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
other U.S. federal agencies on space transportation issues
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state governments that host commercial spaceports ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| ensures |
compliance of licensed activities with foreign policy interests of the United States
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compliance of licensed activities with national security requirements ⓘ compliance of licensed activities with public health and safety standards ⓘ |
| focusArea |
commercial space industry promotion
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space launch safety ⓘ space reentry safety ⓘ |
| goal |
to protect public safety during commercial spaceflight operations
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to support growth of the U.S. commercial space industry ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| issues |
experimental permits for reusable suborbital rockets
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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
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to ensure protection of the public, property, and national security interests during commercial space transportation activities ⓘ |
| oversees |
commercial launch operators
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commercial reentry operators ⓘ licensed U.S. commercial spaceports ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Federal Aviation Administration
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Aviation Administration headquarters organization ⓘ |
| regulates |
commercial human spaceflight operators
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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
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non-governmental U.S. commercial space launch and reentry activities ⓘ |
| responsibility |
developing regulations for commercial human spaceflight
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | performance-based safety regulation for commercial space transportation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.faa.gov/space ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office of Commercial Space Transportation