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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Progress on implementing SPD-3 was initially slow due to a lack of funding and questions in Congress about whether the Commerce Department was the best agency to host the capability.
Gen. Chance Saltzman is chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and supports the Commerce Department’s focus on establishing TraCSS.
Blue Space was awarded an Export Achievement Certificate from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Commercial Service for its global marketplace accomplishments.
The Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce is developing the Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS, to use space situational awareness data from multiple sources and provide basic services like conjunction warnings free of charge.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023 would establish NOAA as an independent agency rather than as part of the Commerce Department.
The U.S. State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security planned revisions to the U.S. Munitions List in 2019.
Leo Labs received a 2022 contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management prototype.
In 2022 LeoLabs received a contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led space traffic management prototype.
LeoLabs received a contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2022 to help support the development of a U.S. civil-led space traffic management prototype.
The creation of the West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence is funded through a U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant awarded to West Virginia University and the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
The sole-source contract provides the Department of Commerce access to LeoLabs space safety services that are currently used for more than 60% of operational satellites in low Earth orbit.
Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3) calls for the development of a national Space Traffic Management service managed by a civil government agency, and the Department of Commerce contract with LeoLabs advances progress toward fulfilling SPD-3.
The Department of Commerce will use LeoLabs orbital data products to support testing and evaluation of a prototype Space Traffic Management system.
LeoLabs received an award late last year to provide data and services to the U.S. Department of Commerce to support development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management system.
Under the Department of Commerce contract, LeoLabs will provide operationally proven tracking and conjunction alert data products for a subset of Resident Space Objects, including both real-time and archived data sets.
H.R. 290 reinstates a provision of a 2015 bill requiring the Commerce Department to send an annual report to Congress on the status of commercial remote sensing license applications and related actions.
The Commerce Department plans to offer services free of charge to satellite operators from the space traffic management system it is developing.
Michael Morgan, Commerce Department assistant secretary for environmental observation and prediction, leads NOAA’s effort to determine the agency’s spectrum requirements.
The U.S. Department of Commerce approved baseline requirements, cost, and schedule for the GeoXO program in December.
The Department of Commerce formally approved the GeoXO Program on 2022-12-14.