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On August 21-22, 2019, Office of Space Commerce Director Kevin O’Connell served as head of the U.S. delegation at the second U.S.-Thailand Civil Space Dialogue in Bangkok, Thailand. The Dialogue brought together government representatives the Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, …
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross spoke at the August 20, 2019, meeting of the National Space Council, held in Dulles, Virginia. He provided updates on the Department’s activities in commercial space, including implementation of the Space Policy Directives on space …
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On August 6, the Office of Space Commerce hosted a public briefing to discuss a recently published study of the economic benefits of GPS. The study, sponsored by DOC’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), estimates that GPS generated …