Resources
NOAA’s Commercial Data Program
NOAA’s Commercial Data Program (CDP) successfully engages with the commercial sector through pilots and acquisition of operational satellite data-as-a-service for commercial data to help improve weather forecasts and provide risk reduction to the overall observing system.
Resources for Space Entrepreneurs
This page is designed to help space entrepreneurs understand the commercial space ecosystem, navigate the United States’ commercial space regulatory environment, and discover opportunities to partner with the U.S. government by selling goods and services, conducting research, participating in technology development and testing, applying for grants, and more.
Space Policies
A listing of U.S. Space Policy Directives, Executive Orders, NOAA-level policy, and other national space policies.
Satellite Export Control Regulations
This page provides links to the most current regulatory text in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR). The e-CFR incorporates all of the individual export control rule changes announced in the Federal Register.
Space Industry Technical Standards Compendium
This page hosts the Space Industry Technical Standards Compendium, a curated reference spreadsheet of space standards in use today or in development. This page also provides background information on space standards organizations and the U.S. government’s use of standards. The Compendium was last updated in June 2024.
Links to Other Resources
This page provides links to external websites that we do not control. Links to private sector organizations are provided for educational purposes and do not imply any kind of government endorsement of specific products, services, or views.
Federal Agencies
- DOC/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- DOC/International Tade Administration (ITA)
- DOC/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- DOC/National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
- DOC/NOAA Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office (CRSRAO)
- DOC/NOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- DOC/NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS)
- FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST)
- NASA Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO)
- National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (NCO)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- State Department/Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
- State Department/Office of Space and Advanced Technology (SAT)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy Page
Federal Advisory Committees
- DOC/Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES)
- DOC/Aerospace Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC-1) [link broken]
- DOT/Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC)
- National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board
- National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group (UAG)
Industry Associations
- Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
- Aerospace States Association (ASA)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
- Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF)
- GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA)
- Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS)
- Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
- Space Foundation
- Space Transportation Association (STA)