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U.S. Department of Commerce

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A House spending bill passed in July 2020 rejected the Commerce Department’s $15,000,000 Office of Space Commerce request pending a final report requested by a fiscal year 2020 spending bill to examine which agency was best suited for civil space traffic management.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2020Space station maneuvers to avoid debris

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.

Mentioned as: Commerce DepartmentTechnical ProductSep 23, 2020Space station maneuvers to avoid debris

The National Academy of Public Administration published a report on 2020-08-20 concluding that the Commerce Department was the best agency for civil space traffic management compared to NASA, the Department of Defense, and the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNoiseSep 23, 2020Space station maneuvers to avoid debris

Some congressional appropriators were skeptical of the Commerce Department’s capability to handle space traffic management and requested the NAPA study instead of providing the funding the department sought to start STM activities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative GeneralAug 25, 2020Industry supports giving space traffic management work to Commerce Department

The Commerce Department requested $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal, with most of that funding intended for space traffic management.

Mentioned as: Commerce DepartmentTechnical ProductAug 25, 2020Industry supports giving space traffic management work to Commerce Department

AXA XL’s global head of space is Chris Kunstadter, who supported the Commerce Department taking a leadership role in space safety and sustainability.

Mentioned as: Commerce DepartmentOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2020Industry supports giving space traffic management work to Commerce Department

The National Academy of Public Administration released a report on 2020-08-20 concluding that the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce was best suited to take on civil space traffic management and ranked it ahead of NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative GeneralAug 25, 2020Industry supports giving space traffic management work to Commerce Department

Space Policy Directive 3, issued by the White House in 2018, directed that civil space traffic management responsibilities be assigned to the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative GeneralAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The Commerce Department requested $10,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in 2020 but received $2,300,000 for that office in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

A table in the NAPA report, using data provided by the Commerce Department, projected space traffic management efforts to grow from $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 to as high as $72,100,000 in 2024.

Mentioned as: commerce departmentNarrative GeneralAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The Commerce Department requested $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its 2021 budget proposal, with most of that funding intended for space traffic management.

Mentioned as: Commerce DepartmentTechnical ProductAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The Department of Commerce will routinely review the 0.4 m finding and invites the public to provide evidence of availability of commercial imagery over Israel at a finer resolution than 0.4 m.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative PlanJul 18, 2020U.S. government to allow sale of high-resolution commercial satellite images of Israel

The Commerce Department continues to seek additional funding from Congress to implement SPD-3 and become fully operational with its open architecture platform.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

AGI, ExoAnalytic Solutions, and LeoLabs track satellites using optical telescopes or radars and are part of the Commerce Department’s approach to implementing SPD-3.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

In its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal submitted in February, the Commerce Department again sought to combine the Office of Space Commerce and CRSRA and requested $15,000,000 with most of the additional funding intended to implement SPD-3.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The Commerce Department sought to combine the Office of Space Commerce with NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office in its 2020 budget proposal and requested $10,000,000 for the combined office.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The 2020 appropriations bill required the Commerce Department to fund a National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) study to examine which organization is best suited to carry out civil space traffic management.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative GeneralJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation had been developing space traffic management concepts for several years prior to the assignment of civil STM responsibility to the Commerce Department under SPD-3.

Mentioned as: Commerce DepartmentTechnical ProductJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The Senate Commerce subcommittee sponsored the MOBILE NOW Act of 2018, which directed the FCC and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to identify spectrum resources for next-generation wireless systems.

Mentioned as: commerce departmentNarrative LegalMay 20, 2020DoD looks to Congress for help in dispute with FCC over Ligado network

The revised Commerce Department rule reduces the agency's maximum license review period from 120 days to 60 days.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of CommerceNarrative GeneralMay 19, 2020Commerce Department releases streamlined commercial remote sensing regulations
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