# FAA Commercial Space Launch License Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper`) Actor Scrapes the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) website for commercial space launch license actions, program pages, and authorization announcements. Returns structured records from FAA press releases and stakeholder engagement pages covering licensed launch and reentry operations. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FAA Commercial Space Launch License Scraper Scrapes the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) website for commercial space launch license actions, program announcements, and authorization records. Returns structured data from FAA press releases and stakeholder engagement pages. ### What this actor scrapes The actor walks the FAA sitemap and extracts data from two source types: - **Press releases** (`/newsroom/*`) — FAA announcements about license issuances, renewals, environmental reviews, and authorization milestones for commercial space operators - **Program pages** (`/space/stakeholder_engagement/*`) — per-operator program pages covering licensed launch programs (SpaceX Falcon, SpaceX Starship, Sierra Space Dream Chaser, etc.) #### Data available | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `record_type` | `press_release` or `program_page` | | `title` | Page headline (e.g. "FAA Issues Commercial Space Reentry Site Operator License to Space Florida") | | `date` | Publication date (ISO 8601) | | `license_type` | Inferred license type: `launch_license`, `reentry_license`, `operator_license`, `spaceport_license`, `experimental_permit` | | `operator_name` | Commercial space operator (e.g. SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab) | | `vehicle_name` | Launch vehicle if mentioned (e.g. Falcon 9, Starship) | | `launch_site` | Launch or landing site location | | `summary` | First 500 characters of page body text | | `source_page_url` | Source FAA.gov URL | | `pdf_links` | Comma-separated PDF links (license documents, EA/FONSI reports) | ### Use cases - **License tracking** — Monitor FAA commercial space license actions as they are announced - **Operator intelligence** — Track which operators hold which license types and at which sites - **Policy research** — Research FAA authorization trends and regulatory milestones - **Insurance underwriting** — Historical record of FAA-licensed launch and reentry operations - **Competitive analysis** — Track launch cadence and authorization status by operator ### Input | Parameter | Type | Description | Default | |-----------|------|-------------|---------| | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum records to return (0 = all available) | 15 | | `pageTypes` | array | Filter by page type: `newsroom`, `space_programs`, or `all` | `["all"]` | ### Sample output ```json { "record_type": "press_release", "title": "FAA Issues Commercial Space Reentry Site Operator License to Space Florida", "date": "2021-01-19", "license_type": "reentry_license", "operator_name": "Space Florida", "vehicle_name": null, "launch_site": "Shuttle Landing Facility, FL", "summary": "After completing an assessment of potential environmental impacts, the FAA approved Space Florida's application for a commercial space Reentry Site Operator License (RSOL) at the Shuttle Landing Facility...", "source_page_url": "https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-issues-commercial-space-reentry-site-operator-license-space-florida", "pdf_links": null } ```` ### Data coverage The FAA sitemap contains approximately 430+ space-related HTML pages across newsroom press releases and stakeholder engagement program pages. Coverage spans FAA AST license actions from 2019 onward. ### Notes - The FAA does not publish a structured machine-readable database of individual launch license records on the public website. This actor extracts structured data from server-side rendered press releases and program pages. - License numbers (e.g. "LRLO 21-160") are not included in press release HTML. They exist in FAA's internal DASIS database which is not publicly accessible. - The `date` field reflects the press release publication date, not the launch date. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to scrape. Set to 0 for all available records. ## `pageTypes` (type: `array`): Types of FAA pages to scrape. Options: 'newsroom' (press releases), 'space\_programs' (stakeholder engagement pages), 'all' ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "pageTypes": [ "all" ] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "pageTypes": [ "all" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "pageTypes": ["all"], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "pageTypes": [ "all" ] }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FAA Commercial Space Launch License Scraper", "description": "Scrapes the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) website for commercial space launch license actions, program pages, and authorization announcements. Returns structured records from FAA press releases and stakeholder engagement pages covering licensed launch and reentry operations.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "mfDSWnzDt9vYlK3rY" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-faa-ast-commercial-launch-license-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records to scrape. Set to 0 for all available records.", "default": 15 }, "pageTypes": { "title": "Page Types", "type": "array", "description": "Types of FAA pages to scrape. Options: 'newsroom' (press releases), 'space_programs' (stakeholder engagement pages), 'all'", "default": [ "all" ], "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```