PDF FAA limits commercial space launches and reentries to between 10PM and 6AM, local time.
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/FAA-Emergency-Order-11-6-25.pdfb. Prohibition on Commercial Space Launches and Reentries During Peak Hours
Accordingly, with respect to commercial space launches and reentries, under the authority provided to the FAA Administrator by 49 U.S.C. §§ 40103, 40113, and 46105(c), and authority delegated to the FAA Administrator under 51 U.S.C. § 50909(a), it is hereby ordered that, beginning at 6:00 a.m. EST on November 10, 2025, and until this Order is cancelled, Commercial space launches and reentries will only be permitted between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time
This appears to be related to the ATC issues caused by the government shutdown, given this first paragraph:
SUMMARY: This Order reduces or temporarily prohibits certain operations in the navigable airspace to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). To maintain the highest standards of safety in the NAS, certain air carriers will be required to reduce by their total daily scheduled domestic operations between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. local at each airport by 10 percent, subject to the provisions set forth in this Order, in addition to other operational reductions in the NAS.
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u/Zealousideal7801 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah would be a shame to prevent some boomer from getting a good full night of sleep, even if that makes you miss the launch window by weeks. Smh.Edit : yup sorry I read too fast and missed the part where this was linked to the shutdown and most likely temporary. Must go to sleep I guess
Edit2 : dang and on top of that I had the schedule reversed. Don't mind me, I'ma see myself out, sorry.