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On December 18, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order that sets a bold vision for an America First space policy, ensuring the United States leads the world in space exploration, security, and commerce. …

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Section 5 of Executive Order 14335, “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry,” directs the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to develop and “propose a process for individualized mission authorizations for activities that are […] not clearly …

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The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Space Affairs has posted a solicitation seeking private sector participation in a “Discussion Group on the topic of Space Situational Awareness (SSA).” Background: The growing number of satellites …

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On December 5, 2025, text of an updated European Union Space Act was released by the Danish in their role as President of the Council of the European Union. The updated text of the Act …

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has announced the appointment of Taylor Jordan as Director of the Office of Space Commerce (OSC), underscoring the Trump Administration’s commitment to strengthening U.S. leadership in space commerce. Mr. …

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On Wednesday, December 3rd, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (ET), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce held an online event to discuss concepts for the eventual U.S. regulatory authorization of “novel” commercial space …

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On June 24, 2025, the European Commission released draft text of the EU Space Act (EU Space Act – European Commission); and, on Wednesday, June 25, the accompanying Vision for a European Space Economy (Vision for the European Space …

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Date: December 2, 2025, 9:00am – 12:30pm Private capital has poured into the space industry at record levels over the past five years, fueling rapid growth and momentum— but also exposing growing pains as companies …

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OSC’s Head of International SSA Engagement, Mariel Borowitz, presents findings from the joint study at the 2025 AMOS Conference. Opportunities for SSA Information Sharing There are multiple independent national and regional space situational awareness systems …

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On September 8 and 9, 2025, representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) joined U.S. government and European Union (E.U.) colleagues in Washington, D.C. for the 13th U.S.-E.U. Space Dialogue.  DOC attendees included representatives …

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As the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) approaches production release, the Office of Space Commerce is pleased to announce new solicitations through GSA’s Global Data Marketplace (GDM) for a “Commercial Conjunction Assessment Screening Services” …

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On September 2nd, the NOAA Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) convened a “Shaping the Future of Space” roundtable event, bringing together leaders in government and the U.S. …

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On September 3, 2025, the NOAA NESDIS Commercial Data Program (CDP) announced two awards for the Radio Occultation (RO) Data Buy 2 (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 (DO-5) totaling $35,536,400 to …

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On September 3, 2025, NOAA NESDIS awarded Commercial Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) Ocean Surface Winds (OSW) Pilot contracts to Muon Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California for $1,998,000, and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. …

NOAA Awards Commercial Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) Ocean Surface Winds (OSW) Data Pilot Contracts Read More »

The Office of Space Commerce is pleased to announce that Amazon Kuiper recently joined leading names like Iridium, OneWeb, SpaceX, Maxar, Planet, and Intelsat, among others, to become a pilot user of the Traffic Coordination …

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In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 24, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. Onboard this NASA Commercial Resupply Services-33 flight was a wide array of reference materials – …

Breaking Ground on Space Research: OSC & NIST Partner with Rhodium Scientific to Study Space-Flown Reference Materials Read More »

Today, the NOAA Office of Space Commerce kicked off the second seminar in our “Circular Space Economy” series, co-hosted with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. For more information about this event, visit the …

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On August 13, 2025 President Trump took bold action to unlock the heavens for American commerce. The Administration enacted Executive Order “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry,” providing U.S. space entrepreneurs with long-sought regulatory guidance …

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On August 6, the Office of Space Commerce’s Senior Advisor, Dr. Dianne Poster, participated in a webinar hosted by the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) on “the power of voluntary consensus …

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The NOAA Office of Space Commerce invites you to attend the next seminar in our “Building an In-Space Circular Economy” series, co-hosted with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This seminar builds upon the …

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The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is pleased to announce that the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) program has added another commercial space situational awareness (SSA) services provider – Kayhan Space – to bring an additional …

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As a public space situational awareness system, the Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) embraces the principles of transparency and openness. To keep stakeholders appraised of the program’s development. OSC has published the …

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In June, the Office of Space Commerce’s Acting Director, Janice Starzyk, and Head of International SSA Engagement, Dr Mariel Borowitz, sat down with Yvette Gonzalez of Space Cafe radio for a discussion on the Traffic …

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On Friday, August 1, 2025, the NOAA Office of Space Commerce (OSC) held a virtual Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) stakeholder listening session on the updated TraCSS Conjunction Data Message (CDM) and Orbit Comprehensive …

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