Advanced Propulsion Association

APA Analysis Tools

APA is in the process of evaluating a site for infrastructure development and a long-term launch home. To aid in our search, we have built the following tools to evaluate possible sites — from financial viability and economic impact through workforce availability and range constraints. Each tool below is open to public use; every input is editable, and every default value is annotated with a public-source citation so the analysis can be audited or reproduced.

Launch operations

Launch Site Finder

Find a viable launch site for your vehicle. Filter candidate sites by range-safety footprint, azimuth, altitude, and infrastructure availability, then plan launch operations against real downrange and overflight constraints.

launchsitefinder.com →
Financial & economic impact

Spaceport Economic Viability Model

Interactive build-and-operate financial model. Toggle launch + ops capabilities, edit any CAPEX/OPEX/revenue line item, and recompute NPV, IRR, payback, break-even, BEA RIMS II economic impact (jobs, GDP, tax recapture), and state-investment leverage live. Per-site presets for the seven Utah candidate sites.

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Workforce data

Workforce Analysis

Reproducible workforce-availability scoring for candidate Utah counties, sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates: STEM occupation share, degree attainment, civilian labor pool. Methodology shown end-to-end so any number can be audited or recomputed.

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Range safety

Rocket Hazard Analysis

Browser-based replacement for the FAA TAOS hazard-zone tool. Compute maximum downrange hazard radius from a 3-DOF point-mass trajectory with worst-case launch-angle and headwind assumptions. Three input tiers from apogee-only operator mode through full body/motor/fin geometry, with NAR/Tripoli quarter-altitude rule comparison.

hazard.advancedpropulsion.org →