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Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority
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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 Air & Space Port. 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] However, the facility is still listed as an FAA currently-licensed launch site as of June 2020.[2]
The first executive director of the Authority was Bill Khourie. Craig Smith became the new executive director in 2020 upon Khourie's retirement after 18 years of service.[3]
On June 12, 2025, the OSIDA announced Dawn Aerospace had selected Clinton-Sherman as its Aurora spaceplane home base.[4] Operations of the rocket-powered, remotely piloted aircraft are expected as early as 2027.[4]
On July 1, 2025, a new law came into effect in Oklahoma which designated the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission as the Board of Directors of OSIDA, as well as designating the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics as the Executive Director of OSIDA. While OSIDA would technically remain a separate entity from the Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, all employees of OSIDA were transferred to the Department.[5]
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