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House Committee Introduces Legislation to Clarify Federal Space Situational Awareness Roles

House Committee Introduces Legislation to Clarify Federal Space Situational Awareness Roles
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The U.S. House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics introduced legislation on Wednesday that would establish a civil space situational awareness (SSA) capability under the Department of Commerce. Currently, the U.S. Department of Defense provides SSA services, but the Trump administration directed the Department of Commerce to take over these responsibilities by 2024 in Space Policy Directive-3. The Department of Commerce and its Office of Space Commerce (OSC) have been working toward that transition. The bill, called the Space Situational Awareness Transition Act of 2022,…

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