HR 6219 · 118th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
ASCEND Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2024-09-24)
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Accessing Satellite Data to Enable New Discoveries Act or the ASCEND Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established the program as a pilot program in 2017 to acquire commercial small-satellite data in support of NASA's earth science research.…
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