Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73
§60605 Space weather data
Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— - Earth Observations › Chapter CHAPTER 606— - SPACE WEATHER › § 60605
Summary
NASA and the National Science Foundation must keep providing space-weather research data to forecasters and operations centers and must help develop and use forecasting models. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must share its operational space-weather data for research.
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Title 51, §60605
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(a)The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to—
(1)make space weather-related data obtained for scientific research purposes available to space weather forecasters and operations centers; and
(2)support model development and model applications to space weather forecasting.
(b)The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall make space weather-related data obtained from operational forecasting available for research.
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51 U.S.C. § 60605
Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73