The U.S. Department of Commerce plays a significant role in the space industry through its Office of Space Commerce (OSC). The OSC is responsible for fostering the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry by coordinating policy, streamlining regulations, and providing space situational awareness services, including the development of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). The Department also works to promote U.S. space products and services internationally, supporting companies like SpaceX in securing contracts and modernizing space-related export controls through the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Key partners include NASA, NOAA, and various international entities.
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Rocket Lab signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce that could provide up to $23,900,000 in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act.
TraCSS is being established in response to Space Policy Directive 3 (2018), which directed the Commerce Department to take over civil space traffic coordination responsibilities from the Defense Department.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan signed the memorandum of understanding establishing the U.S.–UK AI safety partnership.
LeoLabs was selected to provide a commercial foundation for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s civil space traffic coordination system.
LeoLabs was selected to provide a commercial foundation for the U.S. Department of Commerce's civil space traffic coordination system.
LeoLabs will scale its safety capabilities to help build the foundational layer of the next generation of space traffic coordination being developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
LeoLabs will scale its safety capabilities to build the foundational layer of the next generation of space traffic coordination being developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Slingshot Aerospace was selected by the United States Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce to provide LEO space situational awareness data and services for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) Consolidated Pathfinder project.
The Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce selected Slingshot Aerospace to provide data on objects in low Earth orbit for a project to create a civilian space traffic coordination and management system.
Space Policy Directive 3 instructed the Department of Commerce in 2018 to establish a civil space traffic coordination system.
The administration announced a new policy framework for mission authorization to guide how the Commerce Department, Transportation Department, and other agencies will provide authorization and continuing supervision of commercial space activities not licensed today.
The House Science Committee approved on a party-line vote on 2023-11-29 a commercial space bill that would give mission authorization authority exclusively to the Commerce Department.
The Commerce Department will create an inventory of non-governmental space operations to serve as a centralized database for private space operations.
The U.S. Department of Commerce provided approximately $35,000,000 in initial funding to BAE Systems to modernize the Microelectronics Center in Nashua, New Hampshire.
The Federal Communications Commission adopted a measure that includes new cybersecurity and supply chain risk management requirements for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s $42,500,000,000 Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program rules.
The Commercial Space Act of 2023 would create a certification process for spacecraft not licensed by other agencies to be handled by the Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce.
The Department of Commerce would develop a list of debris eligible for removal by ORBITS Act demonstration missions to improve the safety and sustainability of orbiting satellites and on-orbit activities.
The Commerce Department is responsible for providing civil space traffic management services according to Space Policy Directive 3.
The U.S. Space Force plans to release a high-accuracy catalog to the Department of Commerce machine-to-machine starting in spring 2024, updated every four hours indefinitely.
Space Policy Directive 3 (SPD-3) in 2018 assigned the Commerce Department responsibility for taking over civil space safety activities.