Department of Commerce Priorities

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Department of Commerce Priorities

• March 27, 2008
• Ed MorrisDirector, Office of Space
  Commercialization (OSC)National Oceanic
  Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of
  Commerce

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DOC as Space-Based PNT User

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Vessel/aircraft navigation
• Fisheries enforcement
• Remote sensing
• GIS
• Surveying
• Weather forecasting
• Climate monitoring
• Space weather prediction
• Satellite operations
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Time transfer

• Census Bureau
• Locate homes
• Plot population trends

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DOC as Space-Based PNT Provider/Developer

• NOAA
• National Continuously Operating Reference
  Stations (CORS) network
• Online Positioning User Service (OPUS)
• Analysis Center Coordinator for the International
  GNSS Service (IGS)
• Atmospheric models
• Troposphere
• Ionosphere
• Guidelines for real-time networks
• NIST
• Atomic clock RD

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DOC as Space-Based PNTManager/Promoter

• Member of National Executive Committee
• Hosts National Coordination Office
• Represents commercial and civil interests in PNT
  policy processes
• Leads international talks to ensure fair trade in
  PNT markets
• Engages in public and international outreach
• Studies economic importance of space-based PNT
• Co-manages spectrum used by GPS (with FCC)
• Sets guidelines for user equipment exports

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OSC Accomplishments Activities Over Past Year

• Legislation related to NCO/EXCOM support
• Letters regarding Galileo receiver marketing
• U.S.-Japan cooperation
• QZSS monitoring in Guam
• U.S.-Australia cooperation
• Semi-codeless GPS study
• Civil GPS funding strategy
• International strategy reviews

• Distress Alerting Satellite System for GPS III
• GPS radio occultation data
• Industry day at DOC
• NOAA GPS workshop
• Congressional event
• NCO outreach support
• PNT.gov, GPS.gov
• GPS Adventures exhibit
• High Frontier article

Wide Range of PNT-Related Engagement
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OSC Priorities for 2008

• U.S. industry access to Galileo markets
• User equipment makers
• Value-added service providers
• Component/Subsystem suppliers
• Economic benefits studies
• GPS modernization
• WAAS alternatives
• Distress Alerting Satellite System for GPS III
• Congressional action on proposed legislation

Continuous Industry Interaction and Feedback is
Key
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Space Commerce Bill

• Proposed legislation seeks to update
  responsibilities of the Office of Space
  Commercialization
• Serve as principal unit in DOC for space commerce
  policy activities
• Foster conditions for economic growth and
  technological advancement
• Represent space commerce interests within USG and
  internationally
• Promote advancement of U.S. geospatial
  technologies
• Support national space-based PNT organizations

Solidify long-term, effective USG PNT Advocacy
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Contact Information

• Ed MorrisDirector, Office of Space
  CommercializationNational Oceanic Atmospheric
  AdministrationU.S. Department of Commerce(202)
  482-6125
• Email space.commerce_at_noaa.govWeb
  www.nesdis.noaa.gov/space