COSMIC focuses on developing findings, non-binding recommendations, and products to encourage the maturation of ISAM capabilities into operational missions.
Note: This list is only that of documents that COSMIC members, with the approval of the Steering Committee, have agreed to make public. If you are not a member of COSMIC, you can find out how to join here.
Cost and Value Modeling Methodologies For On-Orbit Servicing Workshop Report (Jan. 13,2026)
Alec Cavaciuti, The Aerospace Corporation
Codie Petersen, Asteres Technologies
Released January 13, 2026
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A Cross-Disciplinary Study of On-Orbit Refueling for Geostationary Satellites (Nov. 25,2025)
John Mulvaney, NASA
Codie Petersen, Asteres Technologies
Lee Wilson, Radiant Space Systems
Joe Guzman, Space Cowboy ADR
Dallas Bienhoff, Offworld
Benjamin Rupp, NASA
Brian Nufer, NASA
Noah Gladden, Arkisys
Mike Izenson, Creare
Released November 25, 2025
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Regulations 102: NOAA CRSRA Satellite Imaging Licensing & ISAM Operations (Dec 08,2025)
Prepared by Dr. Sarah Brothers; Director
Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA), Derek Hanson; Attorney Advisor NOAA Office of General Counsel, and Tony Lin; Partner Cooley LLP
Released December 08, 2025
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Future of ISAM Spectrum Allocations (Dec 08,2025)
Prepared by the Law Firm of Hogan Lovells
Team Leads: Jay Mills, George John
Released December 08, 2025
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U.S. Regulations 101: FCC Licensing (Oct 13,2025)
Prepared by Stephen Duall, Associate Chief, FCC Space Bureau and Samuel Karty, Engineer, FCC Space Bureau
Released October 13, 2025
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U.S. ISAM Regulatory Repository (July 8, 2025)
Prepared by the Law Firm of Hogan Lovells
Team Leads: Jay Mills, Gerald Oberst, George John and Jacob Felicetty
Released July 8, 2025
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ISAM Capability Taxonomy (Feb 24, 2025)
Dale Arney of NASA, Craig Burkhard of NASA, Matthew Cleal of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Amourette McDonagh of Black Moon Space Technology LLC, John Mulvaney of NASA, Bogdan Udrea of VisSidus Technologies, Inc., and Joanne Woestman of Northrop Grumman Corporation
Released February 24, 2025
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ISAM Demonstration Technology Taxonomy (Jan 16, 2025)
Lee Wilson, PhD, of Radiant Space Systems, Inc., Bogdan Udrea of VisSidus Technologies, Inc.
Released January 16, 2025
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ISAM Technology Taxonomy (Jan 22, 2025)
Dale Arney of NASA, Mallory DeCoster of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, John Mulvaney of NASA, Wilbert A. Ruperto Hernandez of NASA, and Bogdan Udrea of VisSidus Technologies, Inc.
Released January 22nd, 2025
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Mapping of 2024 COSMIC Products to COSMIC Objectives (Aug 23, 2024)
Mathew DeMinico
COSMIC Secretary of the Steering Committee
Released August 23rd, 2024
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Mapping 2024 Products to the National ISAM Implementation Plan (Aug 20, 2024)
COSMIC Lexicon (Aug 7, 2024)
Robert Kalinowsky
Missions and Ecosystems Focus Area Lead
Henry Helvajian
Research and Technology Focus Area Lead
Released August 7th, 2024
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