The Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) will hold an “Industry Day” to obtain input regarding the Open Architecture Data Repository (OSDR) it is creating for Space Situational Awareness/Space Traffic Management (SSA/STM) in response to President Trump’s Space Policy Directive-3.

Meetings will be held on two days, November 23 — the “West Coast Day” meeting, and November 24 — the “East Coast Day” meeting.  Each day begins with a 2-hour general session following by three hours of one-on-one meetings with interested companies.

The general sessions are open to the public (register in advance) and the material presented by OSC will be the same each day.

Companies west of the Mississippi are invited to sign up for the “West Coast” day and those east of the Mississippi for the “East Coast” day according to the organizers, but the entire event is virtual.

More information including the times each day are in the Federal Register announcement, which is reproduced below.

AGENCY:

Office of Space Commerce, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of a meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) in the U.S. Department of Commerce announces an event to solicit input from the commercial space industry and the related information technology sector regarding the design, development, operation and governance for Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3): National Space Traffic Management Policy’s Open Architecture Data Repository (OADR) requirement. The OADR will assist with managing the integrity of the space operating environment by improving Space Situational Awareness coverage and accuracy through greater data sharing with satellite operators, and with enabling the commercial development of enhanced space safety services.

DATES:

The West Coast Day meeting will be held on Monday, 23 November 2020 and the East Coast Day meeting will be held on Tuesday, 24 November 2020.

ADDRESSES:

Prior registration through the event website is required at this link: https://docs.google.com/​forms/​d/​1LcLkuSI3RTxDGN–Y_​lpZnK_​Ueja9G1-WOR6J-e4e-U/​edit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Cull, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20030, phone 202-763-4051, or email mary.cull@noaa.gov. For inquiries specifically related to press and/or media, please contact Chelsey Neuhaus at cneuhaus@doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Space Policy Directive-3, National Space Traffic Management Policy (83 FR 28969) places responsibility for addressing commercial space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM) services upon the Department of Commerce. To this end, the Department of Commerce announces an event to solicit input from the commercial space industry and the related information technology sector regarding the design, development, operation and governance for SPD-3 National Space Traffic Management Policy’s Open Architecture Data Repository (OADR) requirement.

The event will be open to the public, up to the capacity of the virtual meeting hosting service that will be used for the event. Prior registration through the event website is required at this link: https://docs.google.com/​forms/​d/​1LcLkuSI3RTxDGN–Y_​lpZnK_​Ueja9G1-WOR6J-e4e-U/​edit.

It is recommended that confirmed attendees plan to log on a few minutes in advance.

The event will be organized as two days of meetings, as follows:

West Coast Day, Monday, 23 November 2020

• 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time): Two-hour general session with a presentation by OSC representatives and time for questions and answers about SSA and STM and the OADR.
• 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time): Three-hour session with nine 15-minute one-on-one sessions between OSC representatives and industry stakeholders.

East Coast Day, Tuesday, 24 November 2020

• 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time): Two-hour general session with a presentation by OSC representatives and time for questions and answers about SSA and STM and the OADR.
• 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time): Three-hour session with nine 15-minute one-on-one sessions between OSC representatives and industry stakeholders.

The agenda for the meetings will include the following topics:

• Space Situational Space Flight Safety Overview
• Space Policy Directive 3: National Space Traffic Management
• The Office of Space Commerce
• The Open Architecture Data Repository
• Input from Industry