Panel I: Benefits to U'S' Economic, National, and Homeland Security

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Panel IBenefits to U.S. Economic, National,
and Homeland Security

• Congressional Outreach EventGold Room, Rayburn
  House Office BuildingMarch 14, 2008
• Moderator Ed Morris Director, Office of
  Space Commercialization National Oceanic
  Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of
  Commerce

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Civil Space-Based PNT Applications
Satellite Operations
Power Grid Management
Personal Navigation
Surveying Mapping
Trucking Shipping
Aviation
Communications Network Synchronization
Recreation
Railroads
Fishing Boating
Offshore Drilling
Construction
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Space-Based PNT Serves Multiple National
Interests

• Economic security
• National security
• Homeland security
• Public safety
• Science
• Environment
• Quality of life

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Global Public Service

• Civil access provided free of direct user fees
• Public domain documentation
• Freely available to any/all user equipment
  developers
• Performance commitments met continuously since
  1993
• Paid for by U.S. taxpayers
• Global Positioning System thru DoD budget
• Wide Area Augmentation System, Local Area
  Augmentation System, Nationwide Differential GPS
  thru DOT budget
• Maritime Differential GPS thru DHS budget
• Continuously Operating Reference Stations thru
  DOC budget
• Global Differential GPS thru NASA budget
• Managed at national level as multi-use asset

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GPS Modernization Will Boost U.S. Economic
Benefits
Incremental Productivity Gains from Use of
theNew Civilian GPS Signal (L2C) Over 30 Years
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DOC as Space-Based PNT User

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Vessel/aircraft navigation
• Fisheries enforcement
• Remote sensing
• GIS
• Surveying
• Weather forecasting
• Climate monitoring
• Space weather prediction
• Satellite operations
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Time transfer

• Census Bureau
• Locate homes
• Plot population trends

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DOC as Space-Based PNT Provider/Developer

• NOAA
• National Continuously Operating Reference
  Stations (CORS) network
• Online Positioning User Service (OPUS)
• Analysis Center Coordinator for the International
  GNSS Service (IGS)
• Atmospheric models
• Troposphere
• Ionosphere
• Guidelines for real-time networks
• NIST
• Atomic clock RD

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DOC as Space-Based PNTManager/Promoter

• Member of National Executive Committee
• Hosts National Coordination Office
• Represents commercial and civil interests in PNT
  policy processes
• Leads international talks to ensure fair trade in
  PNT markets
• Engages in public and international outreach
• Studies economic importance of space-based PNT
• Co-manages spectrum used by GPS (with FCC)
• Sets guidelines for user equipment exports

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Space Commerce Bill

• DOC has proposed legislation to update
  responsibilities of the Office of Space
  Commercialization
• Serve as principal unit in DOC for space commerce
  policy activities
• Foster conditions for economic growth and
  technological advancement
• Represent space commerce interests within USG and
  internationally
• Promote advancement of U.S. geospatial
  technologies
• Support national space-based PNT organizations

Solidify long-term future of National
Coordination Office
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Informational Websites
GPS.gov
PNT.gov