Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority

The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) is a development authority created by the state of Oklahoma to operate a spaceport near Burns Flat, Oklahoma.^[1]

The Authority's primary asset is the former Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark, a former military airport featuring a redundant 13,503-foot-long paved runway. The airpark has been renamed the Oklahoma Spaceport. Although the Oklahoma Spaceport received a Commercial Space Transportation license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in June 2006, the Spaceport has not yet hosted any sub-orbital spaceflights or launches of spacecraft into earth orbit.^[1] The license was scheduled to expire in June 2011.

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As of March 2011, the executive director of the Authority is Bill Khourie.^[2]

See also

• California Space Authority
• New Mexico Spaceport Authority
• Space Florida
• Wisconsin Aerospace Authority

References

1. ^ ^{a b} ""OSIDA - Gateway to Space"". Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority. http://www.okspaceport.state.ok.us/. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 
2. ^ ""OSIDA Board Members"". Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority. http://www.okspaceport.state.ok.us/osidaboard.html. Retrieved 2011-03-23.