ATM issues loom over spacef light

摘要

On 6 February 2018 the largest SpaceX operational rocket (Falcon Heavy) lifted off on its maiden flight from Spaceport Canaveral in Florida. Hundreds of commercial airline flights were disrupted on the day, according to the Commercial Space-flight Federation (CSF). The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) detailed the disruption in a white paper published in June.Addressing the Challenges to Aviation from Evolving Space Transportation stated that 563 flights were delayed by the Falcon Heavy launch, with 5,000 n miles2 affected by the event. Commercial aircraft had to fly an additional 34,841 n miles to divert around the launch area.