OSC's Jason Kim joined U.S. Chamber of Commerce's John Neal, Commercial Spaceflight Federation's Dave Cavossa, Federal Aviation Administration's Randy Repcheck, and AIAA's Ryan C. for a Hill briefing on the need for new U.S. legislation to enable commercial space mission authorization. #SpacePolicy
Office of Space Commerce
Government Administration
Washington, District of Columbia 12,083 followers
Helping U.S. businesses use the unique medium of space to benefit our economy
About us
The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is the principal unit for space commerce policy activities within the Department of Commerce. Its mission is to foster the conditions for the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry. OSC is also responsible for licensing commercial remote sensing space systems and for fielding the Traffic Coordination System for Space, #TraCSS.
- Website
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https://www.space.commerce.gov/
External link for Office of Space Commerce
- Industry
- Government Administration
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1988
- Specialties
- public policy, regulation, space, space situational awareness, international cooperation, space commerce, advocacy, space sustainability, and spaceflight safety
Locations
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Primary
1401 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20230, US
Employees at Office of Space Commerce
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Mariel Borowitz
Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Jason Kim
Chief of Staff at DOC’s Office of Space Commerce
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Ethan Baumann
Systems Engineering Lead for the Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)
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Gabriel Swiney
Director of Space Policy, Advocacy, and International
Updates
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This week at IAC2024, a combined U.S. space delegation met with the UAE Space Agency, including H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi (Chairman) and H.E. Eng. Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi (Director General), and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, including H.E. Salem Humaid Al-Marri (Director General). Topics of discussion included the #ArtemisAccords, the Lunar Gateway airlock, international coordination of space situational awareness (SSA) information, and growing space commerce between the United States and UAE. #SpaceDiplomacy #IAC2024 Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Federal Aviation Administration
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Today at IAC2024 in Milan, the Office of Space Commerce and Australian Space Agency signed a joint statement of intent to cooperate on matters related to space situational awareness (SSA). The two agencies will explore ways to collaborate on the use of traditional and non-traditional data sources to improve space object re-entry monitoring and prediction. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejGcX8en #SpaceDiplomacy #IAC2024
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Yesterday's Atlantic Council GeoTech Center event on SSA during IAC2024 demonstrated the importance of bringing global and commercial voices together going forward. #IAC2024
This morning in Milan, the GeoTech Center convened representatives from national space agencies, commercial industry, and civil society in an enriching session to share global perspectives on, and collectively address the need for, space situational awareness (SSA) coordination. The program began with remarks from Aarti Holla-Maini, Dr. Tidiane Ouattara, Anil Kumar of ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization, Pascal Faucher, and Richard DalBello about their respective organization's approach to SSA management. Then S. Sita Sonty, moderator and Nonresident Senior Fellow, led a lively discussion covering the minimum standards for transparency, how orbital events are defined, the role commercial providers, and the next steps for codification of these principles. Thank you to the Office of Space Commerce for their support planning and executing the session! Through the week, the GeoTech Center space team (Raul Brens Jr, PhD and Ellie Creasey) will be attending the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC2024) to engage with stakeholders, learn about emerging applications of space technology, identify opportunities for collaborative programming.
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The whirlwind continues at IAC2024! The Office of Space Commerce, Federal Aviation Administration, and Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs met with counterparts from Poland, Egypt, Brazil, and Japan to discuss space market access and data sharing, and to build on previous dialogues. #SpaceDiplomacy #IAC2024
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OSC is strengthening ties with EU SST at IAC2024, presenting a joint comparison of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) services and holding a side meeting to discuss next steps for space situational awareness (SSA) cooperation. Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/eCD8Frzt #IAC2024 #SpaceTrafficCoordination Cristina Pérez Hernández | Matt Hejduk | Aurélie Gillet | Monique Moury | Pascal Faucher | Agencia Espacial Española | Centre National d'Études Spatiales
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Thank you to UK Space Agency for hosting the Office of Space Commerce, the National Space Council, and U.S. industry at the UK-U.S. Space hour at IAC2024, highlighting the important commercial links between our two space industries. #SpaceDiplomacy #IAC2024