The U.S. Office of Space Commerce (OSC), operating within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which is part of the Department of Commerce, is the primary entity responsible for fostering the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry. Its key activities include policy advocacy, regulation of private remote sensing space systems, and the provision of space situational awareness services, notably through the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). OSC works with various government agencies like NASA and international organizations such as ESA to promote U.S. space commerce and ensure compliance with regulations. The OSC aims to advance U.S. leadership in the global commercial space sector by removing regulatory barriers and promoting U.S. space products/services.
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Civil space traffic management responsibilities to be taken by the Office of Space Commerce include providing warnings to satellite operators of potential close approaches between their satellites and other space objects.
The Office of Space Commerce is charged with implementing Space Policy Directive 3 to take over civil space traffic management responsibilities currently handled by U.S. Space Command.
Lawmakers should evaluate whether the Office of Space Commerce has the structure, mandate, and funding necessary to oversee national space traffic management.
The Office of Space Commerce is charged with implementing Space Policy Directive 3, a four-year-old policy directing the Commerce Department to take over civil space traffic management responsibilities currently handled by the Department of Defense.
The Biden administration requested $87,800,000 for the Office of Space Commerce for fiscal year 2023, an 800% increase over the previous budget.
The Office of Space Commerce is working with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, and U.S. Space Command to develop linkages and transition civil space traffic management responsibilities from DoD to Commerce.
Richard DalBello began working as director of the Office of Space Commerce days before a 2022-05-12 congressional hearing on space situational awareness.
Richard DalBello’s vision for the Office of Space Commerce is to implement an open architecture data repository that provides basic services to commercial, civil, and international entities for free.
The Office of Space Commerce is charged with implementing Space Policy Directive 3.
Potential Office of Space Commerce oversight could eventually include commercial space stations and human safety in space, although that is not planned for 2022 or next year.
The Office of Space Commerce is charged with implementing a civil space traffic management system in the United States under Space Policy Directive 3 (2018).
The White House requested an $87,800,000 budget for the U.S. Office of Space Commerce for 2023, an 800% increase over its previous budget.
The Office of Space Commerce received $16,000,000 in appropriations in 2022.
Richard DalBello will become director of the Office of Space Commerce effective 2022-05-09.
The Commerce Department requested $87,700,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2023 budget request.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo selected Richard DalBello as the next director of the Office of Space Commerce on 2022-04-27.
The Office of Space Commerce is expected to provide a basic set of space traffic management services that others can build on.
The Office of Space Commerce received $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and NOAA’s 2022 budget request sought $10,000,000 for the office.
The omnibus bill provided $16,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce within NOAA.
The omnibus spending bill provides $16,000,000 for the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce, which is $6,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level.