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On January 14, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves released a report on the Commerce Department’s commercial space accomplishments during his and Secretary Raimondo’s tenure. The report covers many achievements across multiple bureaus of the Department, including those of NOAA …
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities. The Department awarded BAE Systems Electronic Systems, a business unit of BAE Systems, …
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On Wednesday, November 6, the Department of Commerce (DOC) hosted a public meeting to discuss the four space export control rulemakings released by DOC and the State Department on October 17, 2024. The meeting featured speakers from the State Department’s …
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The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) convened the first public meeting of the newly established Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES) on Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. ACES provides advice and recommendations to …
On October 17, the Departments of Commerce (DOC) and State released a series of space export control rulemakings intended to enable a globally competitive U.S. industrial base while protecting national security and foreign policy interests: Together, these export control updates …
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Today at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024) in Milan, Italy, the the Office of Space Commerce and Australian Space Agency signed a joint statement of intent to cooperate on matters related to space situational awareness (SSA). The two agencies …
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At this week’s International Astronautical Congress in Milan (IAC 2024), the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and the European Union (EU) released a joint paper comparing the services provided by OSC’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and the EU …
This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) released a paper titled, “The TraCSS Consolidated Pathfinder: Leveraging Commercial Capability in LEO.” The paper describes results and findings from OSC’s recently concluded Consolidated …
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Today the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) announces the acceptance of its recent orders for space situational awareness (SSA) services in support of a commercial pathfinder project on satellite owner/operator (O/O) ephemeris. The purpose of the project is to examine …
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On October 1, 2024, NOAA hosted a virtual industry day to provide interested industry partners an update of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and obtain feedback on the subsequent contract that will evolve the next phase of the …
Today at the 25th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, Office of Space Commerce Director Richard DalBello and Dr. Mariel Borowitz will deliver a featured presentation highlighting the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) — including its …
On September 17, 2024, NOAA awarded contracts totaling $4,266,400 to purchase Microwave Sounder (MWS) data from two commercial satellite companies in support of new Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) studies. The first contract for $2,266,400 is to Tomorrow.io of Boston, …
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