On March 23-24, 2023, the Office of Space Commerce participated in the 8th U.S.-Japan Comprehensive Dialogue on Space, along with other delegates from NOAA, the White House, Department of State, Department of Defense, FAA, NASA, and additional U.S. agencies. View …

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On March 20, 2023, OSC’s Jason Kim participated in the first Technical Working Group meeting between the United States and the Republic of Korea to promote compatibility and interoperability between the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Korean Positioning System (KPS). …

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On May 21, President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol released a joint statement on the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance. Among other things, the statement calls for strengthened U.S.-ROK space cooperation: President Yoon and President Biden commit …

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Today, President Donald J. Trump issued Space Policy Directive-7 (SPD-7), the United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy. Recognizing that space-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems are increasingly critical to the American way of life, SPD-7 directs the …

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Today, the White House released President Donald Trump’s National Space Policy providing direction for all United States space activities. View policy at archives.gov (1.3 MB PDF) View White House fact sheet View statement from the President The National Space Policy sets …

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The Commerce Department participated in the Sixth U.S.-Japan Comprehensive Space Dialogue, held at the White House on June 24, 2019. The event brought together senior officials from the governments of the United States and Japan to advance bilateral space cooperation …

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On March 27, Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commerce delivered a presentation on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) issues at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in Munich, Germany. The presentation provides updates on: the expanding role of the …

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Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commercialization spoke about GNSS market access at last week’s meetings of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) and ICG Providers’ Forum in Prague, Czech Republic. He presented U.S. concerns about GNSS-related measures that may affect …

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