Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-110

§60141 Nondiscriminatory Data Availability

Title 51 › Subtitle VI — Earth Observations › CHAPTER 601 — LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 60141

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Make raw (unenhanced) data from Landsat and other U.S.-owned land remote sensing systems available to everyone equally. The data must not favor any customer or group in how it is delivered, formatted, priced, or handled, unless national security requires otherwise under section 60146. The United States Government and its affiliated users may get the raw data at reduced prices if they use it only for noncommercial purposes and as allowed under this chapter.

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Title 51, §60141

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(a)In General.—

Except as provided in subsection (b), any unenhanced data generated by the Landsat system or any other land remote sensing system funded and owned by the United States Government shall be made available to all users without preference, bias, or any other special arrangement (except on the basis of national security concerns pursuant to section 60146 of this title) regarding delivery, format, pricing, or technical considerations which would favor one customer or class of customers over another.

(b)Exceptions.—

Unenhanced data generated by the Landsat system or any other land remote sensing system funded and owned by the United States Government may be made available to the United States Government and its affiliated users at reduced prices, in accordance with this chapter, on the condition that such unenhanced data are used solely for noncommercial purposes.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6014115 U.S.C. 5651.Pub. L. 102–555, title V, § 501, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4176.

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51 U.S.C. § 60141

Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110