Commerce extends commercial data contracts for space tracking system pilot

Commerce extends commercial data contracts for space tracking system pilot
Commerce extends commercial data contracts for space tracking system pilot

All five contractors — COMSPOC, Kayhan Space, LeoLabs, Slingshot Aerospace, and SpaceNav — received new orders, bringing total “spending over the course of the Consolidated Pathfinder to $15.5 million,” according to an announcement by the Office of Space Commerce.

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Commerce’s ‘Global Vision’ for tracking on orbit systems emphasizes international coordination

Commerce’s ‘Global Vision’ for tracking on orbit systems emphasizes international coordination
Commerce’s ‘Global Vision’ for tracking on orbit systems emphasizes international coordination

A global ecosystem that shares space situational awareness data can secure a safe future for space, but much greater international coordination is needed, according to a new document from the Office of Space Commerce.

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‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking

‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking
‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking

“It’s not going to be like a ‘boom’ milestone delivery where one day there’s nothing and the next day, there’s a finished system,” Richard DalBello, director of the Office of Space Commerce, said of the swap from DoD to Commerce.

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Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data

Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data
Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data

“I would imagine that as Department of Commerce continues to mature this concept, we will definitely want to take advantage of what they’re doing,” said Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein.

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Pentagon plans to transfer ‘high accuracy’ space tracking data to Commerce

Pentagon plans to transfer ‘high accuracy’ space tracking data to Commerce
Pentagon plans to transfer ‘high accuracy’ space tracking data to Commerce

“Commercial data, commercial processing is not classified. It does not matter that the DoD wishes it were,” said Barbara Golf, special advisor to Space Systems Command.

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Commerce study highlights benefits, challenges for allied space surveillance cooperation

Commerce study highlights benefits, challenges for allied space surveillance cooperation
Commerce study highlights benefits, challenges for allied space surveillance cooperation

There is growing concern about what happens when different countries’ predictions of an on-orbit collision do not match, said Matt Hejduk, of The Aerospace Corporation. “A man with two watches never knows what time it is,” he quipped.

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EXCLUSIVE: Commerce’s draft space traffic management service goes beyond DoD’s baseline

EXCLUSIVE: Commerce’s draft space traffic management service goes beyond DoD’s baseline
EXCLUSIVE: Commerce’s draft space traffic management service goes beyond DoD’s baseline

Industry representatives meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves on Tuesday “stressed the need for [Commerce] to work quickly to field the new capabilities — ideally by buying and redistributing existing commercial products — in order to maintain leadership in the face of competing SSA offerings from the EU and China,” a Commerce official told Breaking Defense today.

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