Resources for Space Entrepreneurs

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This landing 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.

Click on the links below to be taken to a subpage with further information and links to external resources.

These subpages are a continual work in progress. Please feel free to contact us at space.commerce@noaa.gov to suggest links to other appropriate federal webpages, or to flag broken links.

Please note: the Office of Space Commerce only controls the links on these subpages and cannot guarantee that linked agencies and resources will maintain their content.

Understanding the Commercial Space Ecosystem

Resources providing a broad overview of space operations and space mission security best practices and standards, as well as an overview of statistics on the U.S. commercial space economy.

Navigating U.S. Commercial Space Regulations

Links to FAQs, application checklists, and application portals for the U.S. commercial space regulatory agencies – the FAA (launch and reentry), DOC NOAA (private Earth remote sensing), and FCC (use of space spectrum).

Federal Resources

Resources and information about doing business with the United States government.

Opportunities | Department of Commerce Agencies

Contract, funding, and business opportunities and resources with the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Commerce agencies.

Opportunities | Other Civil Agencies

Contract, funding, and business opportunities and resources with other civil U.S. government agencies (e.g., NASA) involved in space activities.

Opportunities | Department of Defense / National Security Agencies

Contract, funding, and business opportunities and resources with U.S. national security and intelligence government entities (e.g., the United States Space Force) involved in space activities.