Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the first National Cislunar Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy to address how U.S. S&T leadership will support responsible, peaceful, and sustainable exploration and use of Cislunar space—the large region of space …

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On November 9-10, the Governments of the United States and France convened the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-France Comprehensive Dialogue on Space in Paris, France. The dialogue, co-chaired by the White House on the U.S. side, sought to strengthen bilateral …

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Today, NOAA awarded a fifth and final Delivery Order under its existing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for commercial radio occultation (RO) satellite weather data. An award was made to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. for a total of 3,300 …

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The United States Departments of Commerce (DoC) and Defense (DoD) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) formalizing the organizations’ relationship for basic space situational awareness (SSA), space traffic management (STM), and coordination for civil and commercial entities. The agreement …

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On July 15, 2022, during President Joe Biden’s meetings with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia released the Jeddah Communique, a joint statement on the U.S.-Saudi …

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On July 14, 2022, NOAA awarded three Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) space weather contracts to GeoOptics Inc. (Pasadena, CA), Space Sciences and Engineering LLC, dba PlanetiQ (Golden, CO), and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc (San Francisco, CA). NOAA’s Commercial Data …

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On June 28, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a symposium on how commercial space companies can engage in efforts for preserving astronomical observational data quality and analysis through technological innovations, measurements, best practices, …

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Space Cybersecurity Symposium III:Global and Applied Topics Department of Commerce | Department of Homeland Security Thursday, June 16, 202210:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT The Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security invite you to their third jointly hosted …

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