[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2583]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Low Earth Orbit Space Market; Public Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a public meeting called by the Department
of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Commercial Space Transportation
(OCST) to obtain data specifically relating to the low earth orbit
(LEO) space market. The meeting is scheduled to take place on February
10, 1994, from 3-5 p.m., in the FAA Auditorium, located on the third
floor of the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation
Administration Building, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC.
The information obtained from this meeting will facilitate DOT's
participation as a member of the Interagency Working Groups on Space
Transportation for the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP) and on the Department of Defense Space Launch
Modernization Plan. DOT is also supporting efforts by the Office of the
United States Trade Representative (USTR) to monitor compliance by the
Russian Federation with the recently concluded U.S.-Russia commercial
space launch trade agreement.
OCST seeks data that would assist in defining LEO launch
requirements and in projecting future space transportation needs to
support market demands. Specifically, OCST is interested in obtaining
LEO market projections, including the number of payloads planned for
launch between the years 1994-2010, and thereafter, and the kinds of
services that may be provided by LEO satellites and their applications
(e.g., remote sensing, mobile communications). OCST is also interested
in obtaining long-range projections of the potential revenues that may
be generated by these space-based systems. Information on short-term
(within the next 1-5 years) revenue projections should not be provided
at the meeting unless it is otherwise publicly available. Interested
parties wishing to provide short-range revenue projections not
otherwise publicly available may do so in a written submission to OCST.
This information will not be publicly disclosed by OCST except in
aggregate form.
Written submissions may be provided to OCST in addition to or in
place of oral remarks presented at the public meeting. Submissions
designated as proprietary will be treated confidentially. Due to the
immediate need for this data to support the various DOT and
Administration efforts, written submissions should be provided as
quickly as possible, but no later than noon February 14, 1994, to the
Office of Commercial Space Transportation, room 5415, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 or by fax to (202) 366-7256.
In order to assure the orderly presentation of information, and to
try to accommodate all speakers, each person wishing to present
information at the meeting, whether in a personal or a representative
capacity on behalf of an organization, will be allotted five minutes.
Persons who wish to present information at the meeting should notify
OCST no later than February 8, 1994, to reserve their allotted time. If
possible, OCST will notify interested persons if additional time is
available. Department officials chairing the meeting may take
additional time to ask clarifying questions of the speaker. To reserve
speaking time, please telephone (202) 366-5770. Additional information
may be obtained by contacting Ms. Linda H. Strine.
Dated: January 31, 1994.
Frank C. Weaver,
Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 94-2583 Filed 2-1-94; 12:24 pm]
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