Beyond NASA and the Department of Defense, what U.S. government agencies are involved in civil space activities, and what is each agency's primary civil space responsibility, according to the 'Brief Introduction: U.S. Government Civil Space Agencies' section on SpacePolicyOnline.com?
Navigate to 'spacepolicyonline.com' Click on the 'Topics' link Click on the 'Civil' link Click on the 'Brief Introduction: U.S. Government Civil Space Agencies' link Identify the listed agencies (excluding NASA and DoD) and their primary civil space responsibilities from the text.
Identify the Department of Commerce (NOAA) and state its responsibility: 'operates the country’s civil weather satellites and oversees commercial remote sensing satellite companies through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and was assigned expanded commercial space responsibilities under the Trump Administration including serving as the interface with non-military satellite operators for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data'. Identify the Department of Transportation and state its responsibility: 'facilitates and regulates commercial space launch and reentry activities through the Office of Commercial Space Transportation in the Federal Aviation'. Identify the Department of the Interior and state its responsibility: 'operates the Landsat land remote sensing satellites through the U.S. Geologic'. Identify the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state its responsibility: 'assigns radio frequencies to commercial satellite operators and has some requirements relating to orbital debris'.