What does the Commerce Department have to do with space?
The Department of Commerce is responsible for promoting U.S. business, including U.S. space business. Each year, the private sector invests billions of dollars into the commercial use of space for communications, navigation, earth observation, space transportation, and other services. The Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commercialization provides a voice for the U.S. commercial space industry within government policy discussions affecting space. The Commerce Department is also the parent organization of one of the nation’s space agencies — NOAA — which operates meteorological satellites used for weather forecasting and environmental monitoring. These satellites produce the images commonly seen on TV weather reports. View a list of Commerce organizations involved with space…
