Us Code § 60603 - Sustaining and advancing critical space weather observations
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§ 60603. Sustaining and advancing critical space weather observations
(a)
(1) establish and sustain a baseline capability for space weather observations and to make such observations and data publicly available; and
(2) obtain enhanced space weather observations, as practicable, to advance forecasting and prediction capability, as informed by the integrated strategy in section 60602.
(b)
(1) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and other international and interagency partners, maintain operations of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (referred to in this section as "SOHO/LASCO") for as long as the satellite continues to deliver quality observations.
(2) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall prioritize the reception of SOHO/LASCO data.
(3) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall maintain, for as long as is practicable, operations of current space-based observational assets, including but not limited to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites system, and the Deep Space Climate Observatory.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(1) maintain and improve ground-based observations of the Sun, as necessary and advisable, to help meet the needs identified in the survey under section 60601(d)(3); and
(2) continue to provide space weather data through ground-based facilities, including radars, lidars, magnetometers, neutron monitors, radio receivers, aurora and airglow imagers, spectrometers, interferometers, and solar observatories.
(g)
(h)
(1) make available to the public key data streams from the platforms and facilities described in subsection (d) for research and to support space weather model development;
(2) develop experimental models for scientific purposes; and
(3) support the transition of the experimental models to operations where appropriate.
(i)
(Pub. L. 116–181, §2(b), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 888.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of enactment of the PROSWIFT Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–181, which was approved Oct. 21, 2020.
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