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other

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See also International Space Organizations and Policies

See also Space Law and Treaties

See also Historic Space Policy Documents, from Eisenhower to now

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• National ___[return to top]
  • Space Posture Review

  • National Security Space Strategy, Unclassified Summary, Jan 2011, from DoD and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  • U.S. National Space Policy - 28 June 2010
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      • U.S. National Space Policy - 31 Aug 2006 - OSTP fact sheet
        • The President authorized a new national space policy on August 31, 2006 that established overarching national policy that governed the conduct of U.S. space activities. This policy superseded Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-49/NSTC-8, National Space Policy, dated September 14, 1996.
      • 19 Sep 96 National Space Policy Fact Sheet, NSTC-8 - obsolete as of 31 Aug 2006

  • DoD Space Policy, July 1999

  • National Defense Strategy (NDS)

  • National Military Strategy (NMS)

  • NASA vision, including report of President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond
    • A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover (local copy) - Report of the President’s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, June 2004

  • A Renewed Spirit of Discovery, the President's Vision for U.S. Space Exploration, January 2004

  • Space Law, Policy And Doctrine, from the AU Space Primer ...(450 Kb)

  • The White House National Security Council, in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, established the Space Policy Coordinating Committee (Space PCC) in 2001 for the purpose of coordinating national space policy matters affecting multiple agencies of the federal government. The Department of Commerce is a key member of the Space PCC, representing the interests of both the commercial space sector and NOAA's civilian space program.

  • National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense Fact Sheet, White House, 20 May 2003
  • National Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense, National Security Presidential Directive, NSPD-23, 16 Dec 2002

  • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy
    • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy - May 13, 2003 White House fact sheet
    • U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy - Apr 25, 2003 OSTP fact sheet (more details)

  • Fact Sheet on Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 23, Foreign Access To Remote Sensing Space Capabilities, March 10, 1994

  • Convergence of U.S.-Polar Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, NSTC-2
  • Landsat Report Sensing Strategy, NSTC-3
  • National Space Transportation Policy, NSTC-4, August 5, 1994

• Joint ___[return to top]
  • STRATCOM Space Missions fact sheet

  • DoD Directive 3100.10, Space Policy (local copy), July 1999
  • DoD Instruction 5030.59, "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) LIMITED DISTRIBUTION Geospatial Information" (local copy)
  • DoD Instruction 3100.12, Space Support (local copy) - implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes guidelines and procedures regarding the space support mission area
  • DoD Directive C-3100.9, Space Systems Policy -- not cleared for online viewing
  • DoD Directive 3230.3, DoD Support for Commercial Space Launch Activities (local copy)
  • DoD Directive 5101.2, DoD Executive Agent for Space (local copy) - establishes policy and assigns responsibilities and authorities for the planning, programming, and acquisition of space systems within the Department of Defense (DoD)
  • DoD Pamphlet 5230.25, Control of Unclassified Technical Data with Military or Space Application (local copy)

  • Joint Pub 3-01, Joint Doctrine for Countering Air and Missile Threats
  • JP 3-01.1, Aerospace Defense of North America
  • JP 3-14, Joint Doctrine for Space Operations, 9 Aug 2002

  • Future Joint Warfare

• Air Force ___[return to top]
  • "The USAF, as the service dealing primarily with air weapons--especially strategic--has logical responsibility for the satellite."
    -- Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, 15 January 1948

  • Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-2, Space Operations
  • Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-2.1, Counter-Space
  • Air Force Instruction 13-1AOC, volume 3, Space Missile, Comand and Control - Operational Procedures - Aerospace Operations Center (AOC)

  • Key Air Force Space Programs (local copy), the Space section of AF Handbook for Congress
    • communications systems, sensors, launch/lift resources, satellite control systems, weather systems, counterspace systems, attack warning, space-based radar, and GPS

• Army ___[return to top]
  • FM 3-14, Space Support to Army Operations

• Navy ___[return to top]
  • Navy Space Doctrine, as listed by FAS

• Marine Corps ___[return to top]
  • Marine Space Doctrine, as listed by FAS

• Other Resources ___[return to top]
  • The International Development of Space and Its Impact on U.S. National Space Policy, Airpower Research Institute paper, 2004

  • Space Policy Institute, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University - "conducts research on space policy issues, organizes seminars, symposia, and conferences on various topics, and offers graduate courses on space policy"

  • European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), founded by ESA and the Austrian Space Agency (ASA)

  • European Space Policy.org

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