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This morning at the Global Aerospace Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves discussed the U.S. Department of Commerce's strategy to advance U.S. leadership in the global commercial space industry: "What we're trying to do at the Commerce Department is to leverage all of our tools across the Department to think about ways that we can support the innovation that needs to come, the leadership that the American private sector can provide in space." In the afternoon, OSC Director Richard DalBello discussed the role of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) in promoting spaceflight safety, and the program's partnerships with industry, United States Department of Defense, and international partners. Phase 1.0 of TraCSS is on track to start providing safety notifications to initial beta users by the end of this month.