Coast Guard approves AIS PATON to mark SpaceX launch restricted zones

Coast Guard approves AIS PATON to mark SpaceX launch restricted zones
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard approved the use of a series of Automatic Identification System Private Aids to Navigation (AIS PATON) to mark restricted navigation areas around commercial space launches. The Coast Guard authorized the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, to use AIS PATON to inform mariners of non-charted restricted zones during sea-based space launches. The...