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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Several satellite operators agreed to work with the Office of Space Commerce to test TraCSS and provide feedback for later versions.
A bipartisan bill would formally authorize the Office of Space Commerce to develop a space traffic coordination system.
The bill proposes elevating the Office of Space Commerce to a Bureau of Space Commerce, led by a Senate-confirmed assistant secretary.
The Office of Space Commerce was directed to take over traffic coordination responsibilities from the Department of Defense following the issuance of Space Policy Directive 3 in 2018.
The Office of Space Commerce selected Slingshot Aerospace earlier in the year to provide space situational awareness and satellite tracking data as part of a limited-term pathfinder project focused on low Earth orbit satellite tracking.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $13,300,000 contract to build the TraCSS user interface.
Space Policy Directive-3, issued in 2018, directed NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce to assume space traffic coordination responsibilities from the Department of Defense.
Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a $5,300,000 contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce on 2024-11-26 to design the user experience for a next-generation space traffic coordination platform.
The Department of Defense is collaborating with the Office of Space Commerce to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities.
The Office of Space Commerce plans to release upgraded versions of TraCSS quarterly.
The Office of Space Commerce developed TraCSS using agile development techniques.
The Office of Space Commerce announced that its civil space traffic coordination system, TraCSS, is now operational.
The Office of Space Commerce has completed a project assessing the capabilities and costs of commercial data sources for TraCSS.
Satellogic obtained a commercial remote sensing license from the Office of Space Commerce within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in November 2023.
The Office of Space Commerce is developing TraCSS as a modern, cloud-based IT system to provide basic space situational awareness and space traffic coordination services to commercial and civil space operators.
The new orders bring the total amount the Office of Space Commerce is spending over the course of the Consolidated Pathfinder to $15,500,000.
NASA will work with other agencies like the Office of Space Commerce on space sustainability, but does not want to act as a regulatory agency.
The Office of Space Commerce is taking a phased approach to TraCSS with an initial phase 1.0 set to begin beta testing with a limited number of users by the end of the current fiscal year.
The Suitland TraCSS site will be operational before the Boulder site because the Office of Space Commerce can take over an existing room in Suitland while the Boulder facility requires renovations.
NASA collaborates with the Office of Space Commerce on its Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) for civil space traffic coordination.