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Today, NASA announced contract awards to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corporation for International Space Station (ISS) Cargo Resupply Services (CRS), establishing the two companies as commercial cargo haulers to the ISS. Under the CRS contracts, the companies …
In October 2008, the Office of Space Commercialization and the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation published a short guidebook for commercial space firms titled, “Introduction to U.S. Export Controls for the Commercial Space Industry.” It provides an introductory overview …
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On October 23, 2008, the Office of Space Commercialization represented the Department of Commerce at the first U.S.-European plenary meeting convened under the 2004 GPS-Galileo cooperation agreement. View joint statement at GPS.gov
On September 23, 2008, the Department of Defense issued a final notice committing to continue supporting codeless/semi-codeless access to the military GPS P(Y) code signals through December 31, 2020. View notice at federalregister.gov The Department of Commerce played a key …
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On September 17, 2008, NOAA awarded eight study contracts for Requirements Set A with a total value of $200,000 to five U.S. companies, including: Iridium (2 contracts, $50,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of solar irradiance and GPS …
Ed Morris of the Office of Space Commercialization delivered this presentation along with Paul Verhoef of the European Commission during a panel discussion on satellite navigation market access issues during the 48th meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee …
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The governments of the United States and Japan convened a plenary meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on November 10, 2008, to review and discuss matters of importance regarding cooperation in the civil use of GPS and GPS augmentations, including Japan’s MSAS …
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On August 4, 2008, NOAA issued a Request for Quote (RFQ) for price validation and feasibility studies for the use of commercial services to meet space-based earth and space weather observation requirements. The RFQ describes twelve data collection requirements and …
On July 10, 2008, the Office of Space Commercialization co-chaired the second meeting of the U.S.-EU Working Group on Trade and Civil Applications (Working Group B) under the 2004 GPS-Galileo Agreement. View meeting summary at GPS.gov
The July 2008 edition of GPS World magazine features an interview with Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commercialization. In it, he discusses the government’s plan to transition the users of semi-codeless GPS technology to new equipment utilizing the …
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In June 2008, Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commercialization participated in a United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) workshop on GNSS applications held in Medellin, Colombia. He delivered a presentation on the U.S. GPS program and …
Office of Space Commercialization Director Ed Morris co-authored this published article describing the functions and activities of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). The Commerce Department hosts the NCO through the Office of Space …
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