Navy Concerned About Spaceport Camden Location, FAA Document Shows

The U.S. Navy operates Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, roughly 10 miles south of the site proposed to become a Spaceport. Rendering seen here.

Courtesy of Spaceport Camden

Updated Jan. 6 at 4:02 p.m.

The Department of Defense is concerned a proposed spaceport in Camden County, Georgia, might endanger American foreign policy or national security, according to a letter the Federal Aviation Administration sent to Camden on Monday.

The U.S. Navy operates Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, roughly 10 miles south of the proposed spaceport site. Kings Bay is the East Coast home of the military’s ballistic missile nuclear submarines.