51 USC § 60605 - Space weather data

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s60605"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 60605 - Space weather data"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "60605"
section_name: "Space weather data"
chapter_number: 606
chapter_name: "SPACE WEATHER"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(b), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 890.)"
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# § 60605. Space weather data

**(a)** **In General.—** 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)** **Research.—** 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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(b), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 890.)