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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The Senate provided $11,800,000 for the Office of Space Commerce within the Department of Commerce.
The Office of Space Commerce plans to host an industry day to refine concepts for the space traffic management transition.
The Office of Space Commerce received $2,300,000 in 2020.
The NAPA study assigned combined scores on a 0-to-3 scale for agency ability to lead civil STM, with the Office of Space Commerce scoring 2.9.
A House version of the fiscal year 2021 spending bill passed in July 2020 rejected the Office of Space Commerce’s request for $15,000,000.
The Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce has a goal to establish a civilian space traffic management operation by 2024.
The administration’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal requested $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce.
The Office of Space Commerce plans to build an open architecture data repository that will combine Defense Department space situational awareness data with data from commercial and international partners.
Congressional appropriators added $500,000 to the Office of Space Commerce’s 2019 budget of $1,800,000 and directed the office to use it for a National Academy of Public Administration study on the best agency to handle civil space traffic management.
The Office of Space Commerce planned to have an initial open architecture data repository architecture up and running by the end of 2021.
The Commerce Department is seeking to use the NAPA study’s endorsement to increase support for Office of Space Commerce funding in FY-21 appropriations.
A spending bill that passed the House in July 2020 rejected the president’s $15,000,000 funding request for the Office of Space Commerce.
For fiscal year 2021, the Trump administration requested $15,000,000 for the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce to help fund a transition of civil space traffic management responsibilities.
The SPACE Act authorizes $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce for fiscal year 2021, matching the amount requested by the Commerce Department in its budget proposal.
The open architecture data repository is intended to be a platform from which the Office of Space Commerce and others can create new space situational awareness services.
Congress had not appropriated the $15,000,000 authorized for the Office of Space Commerce in fiscal year 2021 as of the bill introduction.
The Office of Space Commerce aims to have an initial version of the open architecture data repository operational by the end of 2021 and producing conjunction warnings similar to those the Defense Department currently provides to satellite operators.
The Office of Space Commerce plans to develop an open architecture data repository that would combine Defense Department space situational awareness data with commercial and international sources.
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) study released 2020-08-20 concluded that the Office of Space Commerce was the best agency to perform civil space traffic management, ranking it ahead of the Defense Department, the Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA.
The Commerce Department requested $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal with the bulk of the funding designated for space traffic management work.