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Today, the Commerce Department issued a news release touting its role in helping American companies succeed in the new frontier of space commerce. The Department’s new strategic plan released March 28, 2022, includes objectives to advance and promote commercial space industry innovation. …
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On April 4, 2022, the White House released the In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) National Strategy. The document outlines how the United States will support and stimulate government, academic, and commercial ISAM capability development. View the strategy at whitehouse.gov …
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Today, the Department of Commerce released its updated Strategic Plan for 2022-2026. Strategic Objective 1.7 of the plan is to “Advance U.S. leadership in the global commercial space industry.” View the strategic plan (16 MB PDF)Learn more at commerce.gov Strategic …
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On March 18, 2022, Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commerce, along with experts from DOC’s Bureau of Industry and Security, gave a presentation to a working group of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board. …
On March 17, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following notice and encouraged its widest dissemination. Critical Infrastructure Partners, The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory …
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Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a Space Object Commercial Data Request for Information (RFI). View/respond to RFI at SAM.gov NOAA is soliciting information from commercial satellite tracking providers on data products, services, and capabilities to support …
Today, NOAA awarded a fourth Delivery Order under its existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for commercial radio occultation (RO) satellite weather data. The RO data consist of vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and related quantities for operational weather …
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Today NOAA released a report to Congress titled, “Cost-Benefit Analysis of NOAA Commercial Data Program Radio Occultation Data Purchase.” View report (PDF) The congressionally directed report assesses radio occultation (RO) data purchased in Delivery Order 2 (DO-2) under NOAA’s first …
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On January 26, 2022, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released updated statistics on the U.S. space economy, building on the preliminary estimates published in December 2020. The revised figures show that, in 2019, the U.S. space economy …
Commerce Releases Updated Space Economy Statistics for 2012-2019 Read more »
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host an online event titled, “Together in Innovation: Inner space and outer space.” Attendees will learn how to unleash their ideas — from teams of innovators who …
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Today, Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the inaugural meeting of the National Space Council under the Biden-Harris Administration. As a member of the Council, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo spoke about the Department’s many roles in space, particularly the Office …
Vice President Harris Convenes Renewed National Space Council Read more »
On December 1, 2021, NOAA released a Request for Information (RFI) on the draft Statement of Work (SOW) for NOAA’s Commercial Data Program (CDP) Radio Occultation Data Buy: 2023-2028. View/respond to RFI at SAM.gov NOAA intends to issue one or …
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