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51 U.S.C. § 60134 — Preference for private sector land remote sensing system
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**(a) In General.—** If a successor land remote sensing system to Landsat 7 can be funded and managed by the private sector while still achieving the goals stated in subsection (b) without jeopardizing the domestic, national security, and foreign policy interests of the United States, preference should be given to the development of such a system by the private sector without competition from the United States Government.
**(b) Goals.—** The goals referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) to encourage the development, launch, and operation of a land remote sensing system that adequately serves the civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy interests of the United States;
(2) to encourage the development, launch, and operation of a land remote sensing system that maintains data continuity with the Landsat system; and
(3) to incorporate system enhancements, including any such enhancements developed under the technology demonstration program under [section 60133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60133&num=0&edition=prelim), which may potentially yield a system that is less expensive to build and operate, and more responsive to data users, than is the Landsat system otherwise projected to be in operation in the future.
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**(a) In General.—** If a successor land remote sensing system to Landsat 7 can be funded and managed by the private sector while still achieving the goals stated in subsection (b) without jeopardizing the domestic, national security, and foreign policy interests of the United States, preference should be given to the development of such a system by the private sector without competition from the United States Government.
**(b) Goals.—** The goals referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) to encourage the development, launch, and operation of a land remote sensing system that adequately serves the civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy interests of the United States;
(2) to encourage the development, launch, and operation of a land remote sensing system that maintains data continuity with the Landsat system; and
(3) to incorporate system enhancements, including any such enhancements developed under the technology demonstration program under [section 60133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60133&num=0&edition=prelim), which may potentially yield a system that is less expensive to build and operate, and more responsive to data users, than is the Landsat system otherwise projected to be in operation in the future.
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**(a) Establishment.—** As a fundamental component of a national land remote sensing strategy, the President shall establish, through appropriate United States Government agencies, a technology demonstration program. The goals of the program shall be to—
(1) seek to launch advanced land remote sensing system components within 5 years after October 28, 1992;
(2) demonstrate within such 5-year period advanced sensor capabilities suitable for use in the anticipated land remote sensing program; and
(3) demonstrate within such 5-year period an advanced land remote sensing system design that could be less expensive to procure and operate than the Landsat system projected to be in operation through the year 2000, and that therefore holds greater potential for private sector investment and control.
**(b) Execution of Program.—** In executing the technology demonstration program, the President shall seek to apply technologies associated with United States National Technical Means of intelligence gathering, to the extent that such technologies are appropriate for the technology demonstration and can be declassified for such purposes without causing adverse harm to United States national security interests.
**(c) Broad Application.—** To the greatest extent practicable, the technology demonstration program established under subsection (a) shall be designed to be responsive to the broad civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy needs of the United States.
**(d) Private Sector Funding.—** The technology demonstration program under this section may be carried out in part with private sector funding.
**(e) Landsat Program Management Coordination.—** The Landsat Program Management shall have a coordinating role in the technology demonstration program carried ou
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 102–555, title IV, § 401, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4175, related to assessing options for successor land remote sensing system. See [section 60134 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60134&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs.
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TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
§ 60133
States Government, including unenhanced data
gathered under the technology demonstration
program carried out pursuant to section 60133 of
this title, shall be made available to users in a
timely fashion.
(b) PROTECTION
FOR COMMERCIAL DATA DIS-
TRIBUTOR.—The President shall seek to ensure
that unenhanced data gathered under the tech-
nology demonstration program carried out pur-
suant to section 60133 of this title shall, to the
extent practicable, be made available on terms
that would not adversely affect the commercial
market for unenhanced data gathered by the
Landsat 6 spacecraft.
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3417.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Source (Statutes at Large)
60132 ..........
15 U.S.C. 5632.
Pub. L. 102–555, title III,
§ 302, Oct. 28, 1992, 106
Stat. 4174.
In subsection (b), the word ‘‘affect’’ is substituted for
‘‘effect’’ to correct an error in the law.
§ 60133. Technology demonstration program
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As a fundamental compo-
nent of a national land remote sensing strategy,
the President shall establish, through appro-
priate United States Government agencies, a
technology demonstration program. The goals of
the program shall be to—
(1) seek to launch advanced land remote
sensing system components within 5 years
after October 28, 1992;
(2) demonstrate within such 5-year period
advanced sensor capabilities suitable for use
in the anticipated land remote sensing pro-
gram; and
(3) demonstrate within such 5-year period an
advanced land remote sensing system design
that could be less expensive to procure and op-
erate than the Landsat system projected to be
in operation through the year 2000, an
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