NASA would create a formal program to buy and share commercial satellite data for science.
NASA would create a new program to buy and share satellite data about Earth from private companies. This would build on a successful test program, helping NASA, other government agencies, and scientists get important images of Earth more easily. The program would also favor U.S. satellite companies when buying this data.
Today, NASA has a successful pilot program to buy commercial satellite data and is allowed to acquire cost-effective data. This bill would make that pilot program a permanent, formal program within NASA's Earth Science Division. It would also set specific rules for how data is shared and give preference to U.S. companies when NASA buys this data.
S 1437 · 119th Congress · April 10, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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