On April 18, President Trump signed the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017. Section 302 authorizes the Commerce Department to enter into agreements for commercial weather data purchases and hosted payload arrangements. The legislation requires NOAA to prepare…
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This part of the website provides updates on opportunities for commercial space companies to do business with the federal government. For specific information about NOAA opportunities, please visit Business with NOAA.
The statutory responsibilities of the Office of Space Commercialization include assisting U.S. commercial providers’ efforts to conduct business with the U.S. government, and acting as an industry advocate to ensure the government meets space-related requirements using commercially available space goods and services to the fullest extent possible. View statute
Weather Act Addresses Commercial Satellite Data and Hosted Payloads
Tagged with: Congress, CWDP, legislation, radio occultation
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys, Hosted Payloads
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys, Hosted Payloads
NESDIS Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process
On January 6, the NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) published the finalized version of its Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process. Download the document (570 KB PDF) The document establishes a process by which NESDIS will assess and pursue commercial opportunities…
NOAA Awards Commercial Weather Data Pilot Contracts
On September 15, 2016, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) awarded contracts to GeoOptics, Inc., and Spire Global, Inc., as part of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot. GeoOptics and Spire Global will each provide space-based GNSS radio…
NOAA Issues RFQ for FY 2016 Commercial Weather Data Pilot
On July 28, 2016, NOAA released a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support of the NESDIS Commercial Weather Data Pilot. This RFQ was previously released in draft form for comment, and seeks on-orbit radio occultation data from commercial sources for…
Industry Day on NOAA Commercial Weather Data Pilot
On July 7, NOAA/NESDIS hosted an industry day to discuss the Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support of the FY 2016 Commercial Weather Data Pilot. NESDIS officials fielded questions and comments on the draft solicitation prior to its finalization and…
Tagged with: CWDP, industry day, radio occultation, RFQ
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
NOAA Releases Draft RFQ for Commercial Weather Data Pilot, Announces Community Engagement Event
On June 21, 2016, NESDIS released a draft Request for Quotation (RFQ) to support NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot. The draft RFQ is open for public comment through July 15, with initial comments/questions due July 1. The RFQ seeks on-orbit…
Tagged with: CWDP, industry day, radio occultation, RFQ
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
NOAA Issues RFI for Commercial Weather Data Pilot
Today, NOAA/NESDIS released a Request for Information (RFI) to support NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot. The RFI is the first step to bring radio occultation data from commercial companies to NOAA. The RFI seeks pre-launch data in order to facilitate…
Tagged with: CWDP, radio occultation, RFI, RFQ
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
NOAA Report to Congress on Commercial Weather Data Pilot
We posted a report on how NOAA plans to execute the Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) program. Based on the findings of recent market research and FAR processes (e.g., Requests For Information), NOAA has selected GNSS-RO as the most suitable…
Tagged with: Congress, CWDP, radio occultation, report
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys
NESDIS Releases Draft Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process for Public Comment
The NOAA Commercial Space Policy and the NESDIS Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process are two steps of NOAA’s multi-step approach to engaging the commercial sector to ensure best use of commercial sector capabilities. NOAA has developed these documents as timeless…
NOAA Satellite Program Requirements Posted
Today, the Office of Space Commerce published a consolidated list of NOAA Level 1 Requirements Documents (L1RD’s), RFI’s, and RFQ’s related to NOAA’s satellite programs. This is the next incremental step in NOAA’s efforts to provide transparency to the commercial…
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA