What Happened
Voluntary Certification System To Regulate Novel Space Activities
The US Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce is advancing a voluntary mission authorization system for novel space activities not currently regulated by other agencies. The system, called Space Commerce Certification, will allow companies to submit information about their proposed activities for interagency review, with the goal of providing regulatory certainty and streamlining licensing processes. The move follows months of effort by the office to develop the proposal, which was submitted to the White House for approval. The development was first reported by SpaceNews.