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On Thursday, May 9, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (EDT), the Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce will host a TraCSS listening session on “Space Data Standards & Formats: Orbit Comprehensive Message”. Learn about and provide feedback on the …
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On May 1, 2024, NOAA posted a Request for Information (RFI) for the on-ramping of additional vendors to the Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) multiple award vendor Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) pool. Responses are due no later than June …
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NOAA is seeking up to 25 individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES), a Federal advisory committee. Members of the committee will evaluate economic, technological, and institutional developments relating to nongovernmental space activities and submit …
On April 3, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce held a virtual listening session on “space data standards and formats – conjunction data messages.“ The session covered the recommended conjunction data messages (CDM) fields in the CDM …
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Today, the Office of Space Commerce released its “Global Space Situational Awareness” document, outlining a vision for a future of globally coordinated SSA services. The Office of Space Commerce envisions that in the future there will be a global, coordinated …
Today as part of its commemoration of Women’s History Month, NOAA released a web story profiling women leaders who are helping to advance NOAA’s work in space. The story features two members of the Office of Space Commerce — Deputy …
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On March 20-21, 2024, representatives of the United States and France convened in the Washington area for the second U.S.-France Comprehensive Dialogue on Space. As with the first instance in November 2022, the comprehensive dialogue included a dedicated government-industry “Track …
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NOAA announces the award of a $15.5 million contract to Parsons Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia, for system integration and cloud management services for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). View press release at NOAA.gov
Please note that the deadline to “sign up” for a TraCSS Presentation Layer demonstration has now passed. Please contact the Office of Space Commerce at tracss.commerce@noaa.gov for more information. The Office of Space Commerce has published a call (.DOCX) to …
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On March 11, 2024, the White House released the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request for the Department of Commerce. The President’s budget proposes $75.6 million for the Office of Space Commerce (OSC), a $10.6 million increase above the …
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On March 8, 2024, the Office of Space Commerce’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs division (CRSRA) published a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the condition in every CRSRA license requiring the disposal of on orbit spacecraft in a manner satisfactory …
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NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has placed new orders for space situational awareness (SSA) services with two U.S. commercial companies. The service orders will support OSC’s Consolidated Pathfinder project that will inform the development of its operational Traffic Coordination …
Office of Space Commerce Places Orders for SSA Data Quality Monitoring Pathfinder Read more »