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Space Situational Awareness / Space Traffic Coordination
Space Policy Directive-3 designates the Department of Commerce as the lead civilian agency for providing basic SSA data and STM services to commercial space operators. On behalf of DOC, NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce is developing the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).
On Wednesday, August 26, at the Small Satellite Conference, the Office of Space Commerce will host an in-person “satellite owner/operator” forum. During this open forum, the team will provide an overview of the Traffic Coordination System for …
OSC to Hold TraCSS O/O Forum at 2026 Small Satellite Conference Read more →
Photo credit: Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) From June 22-23, 2026, representatives of the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) hosted a 2-day “India-US …
OSC Participates in “India-US Joint Space Situational Awareness Workshop” Read more →
In June, staff from the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) – including OSC’s Director of Policy, Advocacy, and International Affairs, Gabriel Swiney, and Head of International SSA Coordination, Dr. Mariel Borowitz, participated as members of …
SSA Coordination in Focus at 69th Session of UN COPUOS Read more →
A leap forward for international spaceflight safety and SSA coordination. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has begun onboarding “National Government Accounts” onto the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). These …
TraCSS Goes Global: International Government Onboarding Begins Read more →
On Wednesday, May 27, at 3:00 PM (EDT), the Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space team will host a “University Spacecraft Operators Forum.” This group is designed to bring together spacecraft operators …
The Office of Space Commerce has published an open “dataset for conjunction assessment verification.” This test set was developed for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and is designed to help space situational awareness service providers …
TraCSS Publishes “Dataset for Conjunction Assessment Verification” Read more →
Background: NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is developing the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to provide basic space situational awareness (SSA) data and services to civil and private space operators in support of spaceflight safety. …
OSC Opens TraCSS “Waitlist” for Satellite Operators Read more →
Today, January 22, 2026, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) published updated specification documents for the Traffic Coordination System for Space. These specifications replace those previously hosted on the Office of Space Commerce website. The …
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 …
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 …
OSC & EUSST Study Opportunities for International SSA Information Sharing Read more →