Last year was the year the turf battles were supposed to end. In May, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive (SPD) 2, directing regulatory reforms in topics ranging from launch to commercial remote sensing while consolidating much of that regulatory oversight in the Department of Commerce and its revived Office of Space Commerce. A month later, Trump signed Space Policy Directive 3 regarding space traffic management, setting in motion plans to give Commerce responsibilities for providing safety information to civil and commercial satellite operators.
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