https://spacewatch.global/tag/department-of-commerce/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/department-of-commerce/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/spacewatchgl-opinion-global-space-governance-under-pressure-from-u-s-deregulation/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67165 On 13 August 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order titled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry.” From where I sit as a space journalist, this marks one of the boldest—and riskiest—moves in U.S. space policy I’ve seen in years]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/space-cafe-radio-with-janice-starzyk-and-dr-mariel-borowitz/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66294 In this episode of Space Cafe Radio from Prague, host Yvette Gonzalez interviews Janice Starzyk, Acting Director and Deputy Director of the NOAA Office of Space Commerce at the US Department of Commerce, and Dr Mariel Borowitz, Head of International SSA Engagement. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/us-space-command-plans-to-transfer-space-object-tracking-to-department-of-commerce/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44201 The US Space Command (Spacecom) tracks over 47,000 objects in space currently, which responsibility is planned to be transferred to the Department of Commerce, the US Department of Defence said. The transfer of responsibility will allow Spacecom to focus on what is happening in Earth’s orbits.]]>