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On December 16, 2020, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross published an opinion piece in Space News titled, “Space Commerce Accelerating.” The op-ed discusses the role of the U.S. commercial space industry in the new space race, notes the progress made …
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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and Office of Space Commerce have initiated a new effort to measure the relative importance of the space sector on the U.S. economy. Called the Space Economy Satellite Account (SESA), the effort …
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On February 28, 2019, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross published an opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel titled, “Launching toward a $1 trillion space economy.” It celebrates the space industry achievements of 2018 and outlines five elements needed to further …
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The September 2015 issue of GPS World magazine includes an article by economist Irv Leveson on the economic productivity benefits of GPS. The Office of Space Commercialization led the interagency team of federal economists and subject matter experts who guided …
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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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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The Office of Space Commercialization hired economist Irv Leveson to assess the economic productivity benefits of the new GPS L2C signal being introduced with the GPS Block IIR-M satellites. He published some of his findings in the July/August 2006 issue of …
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