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The '''Office of Space Commerce''' (OSC) is an office within [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] which is part of the [[United States Department of Commerce]]. It is currently one of several offices within the department that are responsible for overseeing and promoting [[economic activity]] in space. The office is small in size, and its first director was Kevin O'Connell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/commerce-department-moves-ahead-with-space-regulatory-reforms/|title=Commerce Department moves ahead with space regulatory reforms|last=Foust|first=Jeff|date=June 22, 2018|website=SpaceNews|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In January 2021, Mark Paese took over as acting director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/industry-groups-advocate-for-office-of-space-commerce/|title=Industry groups advocate for Office of Space Commerce|last=Foust|first=Jeff|date=March 11, 2021|website=SpaceNews|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> As of May 9, 2022, Richard DalBello is the current director of the Office of Space Commerce.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leslie |first=John |date=April 27, 2022 |title=NOAA's Office of Space Commerce gets new director |url=https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-office-of-space-commerce-gets-new-director }}</ref>

In May 2018, [[Wilbur Ross]], the [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] announced plans to consolidate the Office with the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) Office to form a new [[administration (government)|administration]], the Space Policy Advancing Commercial Enterprise (SPACE) Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/commerce-department-to-create-space-administration/|title=Commerce Department to create "SPACE Administration"|last=Foust|first=Jeff|date=May 27, 2018|website=SpaceNews|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> The goal of the new [[Government agency|agency]] would be to streamline the regulatory process.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/28/space-administration-would-streamline-federal-oversight-of-commercial-launches/|title=SPACE Administration would streamline federal oversight of commercial launches|last=Coldeway|first=Devin|date=May 28, 2018|website=Techcrunch|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> These plans were subsequently abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-committee-approves-space-act-but-without-a-bureau-of-space-commerce/|title=Senate Committee Approves SPACE Act, But Without a Bureau of Space Commerce|last=Smith|first=Marcia|date=November 18, 2020|website=SpacePolicyOnline.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
==Traffic Coordination System for Space==
The Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) is the OSC's civil [[Space traffic management|space traffic coordination]] system. When fully operational, TraCSS will enhance [[space situational awareness]] by providing frequent [[Conjunction (astronomy)|conjunction]] data messages to satellite operators. TraCSS entered phase 1.0 beta testing on September 30, 2024, with nine operators participating in the testing phase: [[The Aerospace Corporation]], [[Eutelsat OneWeb]], [[Georgia Tech]], [[Intelsat]], [[Iridium Communications|Iridium]], [[Maxar Technologies|Maxar]], [[NOAA]], [[Planet Labs]] and [[Telesat]].<ref name="sn-20240930">{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/commerce-begins-beta-tests-of-space-traffic-coordination-system/ |title=Commerce begins beta tests of space traffic coordination system |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=October 2, 2024}}</ref>

TraCSS is intended to replace the [[United States Space Surveillance Network]]'s Space-Track service by the end of 2025.<ref name="sn-20240930" />
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