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The U.S. military currently performs spaceflight safety services that the Department of Commerce is directed to provide under the 2018 presidential policy.
Space Policy Directive-3 directs the Department of Commerce to provide a basic level of space situational awareness for public and private use based on the space catalog compiled by the Department of Defense.
One recommendation in the compendium endorses funding the Office of Space Commerce in the Department of Commerce so it can take on civil space traffic management responsibilities.
The Department of Commerce must secure funding and determine rollout timing to establish its civil space traffic management function, and Space Delta 2 is committed to assisting the DOC in that effort.
Esri partnered with the Biden-Harris Administration, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) to launch the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) portal.
The contract advances the Department of Commerce’s efforts to fulfill Space Policy Directive-3, which calls for development of a national Space Traffic Management service managed by a civil government agency.
On 2022-09-09, LeoLabs secured an award 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.
The Department of Commerce will utilize LeoLabs’ orbital data products to support testing and evaluation of a prototype Space Traffic Management system.
The Department of Commerce has made its first commercial data purchases for the Office of Space Commerce effort, with the purchased data covering both low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves presented the memorandum of agreement between the Departments of Commerce and Defense at the 2022-09-09 National Space Council meeting at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The memorandum of agreement defines how the Departments of Commerce and Defense will work together to implement provisions of Space Policy Directive 3 (SPD-3) from 2018 that directed the Department of Commerce to provide space situational awareness and space traffic management services such as conjunction warnings.
The transition of civil space traffic management responsibilities to the Department of Commerce is planned to start in 2024.
The Commerce Department unveiled an early prototype in February for a space catalog and traffic software platform intended to provide basic situational awareness and traffic management services.
The Office of Space Commerce is charged with implementing Space Policy Directive 3, a four-year-old policy directing the Commerce Department to take over civil space traffic management responsibilities currently handled by the Department of Defense.
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology will host a symposium on 2022-06-28 focused on how commercial space companies can engage in efforts to preserve astronomical observational data quality and analysis through technological innovations, measurements, best practices, and collaborative coordination among multiple stakeholders.
The symposium series will serve as a platform for identifying potential conflicts between satellite operations and astronomy and will enable the Department of Commerce to provide information and guidance to new space industry entrants regarding space technology and engineering initiatives.
Space Policy Directive 3 directs the Department of Commerce to take over civil space traffic management responsibilities currently handled by the Department of Defense.
The Commerce Department requested $87,700,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2023 budget request.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo selected Richard DalBello as the next director of the Office of Space Commerce on 2022-04-27.
Kevin O’Connell established the Washington consulting firm Space Economy Rising after leaving the Commerce Department.