Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

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The Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 was a U.S. law that sought to transfer civilian satellite Earth-observation activities from government operation to private sector control and commercialization.

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instanceOf United States federal statute
remote sensing law
alsoKnownAs Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 NERFINISHED
appliesTo civilian land remote sensing from space
containsProvision data continuity requirements for land remote sensing
pricing and access rules for remote sensing data
terms for transfer of government-owned remote sensing systems to private operators
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataTypeCovered land surface imagery
multispectral satellite data
enactedIn 99th United States Congress NERFINISHED
followedBy Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first major U.S. statute to attempt full commercialization of civilian land remote sensing
influencedBy Reagan administration commercial space policy
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
language English
legalForm public law
legislativeBody United States Congress
policyArea commercial space activities
science and technology policy
space policy
presidentAtEnactment Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED
purpose to commercialize civilian land remote sensing activities
to encourage private enterprise in remote sensing
to reduce direct federal operation of civilian remote sensing satellites
to transfer civilian Earth observation satellite operations to the private sector
region United States of America
surface form: United States
regulates commercial operation of land remote sensing satellite systems
distribution of land remote sensing data
relatedTo Department of Commerce NERFINISHED
Landsat program NERFINISHED
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERFINISHED
United States remote sensing policy
requires assured data availability for U.S. government users
licensing of private land remote sensing system operators
protection of foreign policy interests in commercial remote sensing
protection of national security interests in commercial remote sensing
sectorAffected commercial satellite imaging industry
federal Earth observation programs
signedBy Ronald Reagan
status partially superseded
subjectMatter Earth observation
civilian satellite systems
commercialization of satellite data
land remote sensing
yearEnacted 1984

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Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 replaced Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984