The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of satellite imagery data obtained from Earth observation satellites located in a

geocentric orbit A geocentric orbit or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. In 1997, NASA estimated there were approximately 2,465 artificial satellite payloads orbiting Earth and 6,216 pieces of space debri ...

above the

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. The H.R. 5155

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was passed by the 98th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the

40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984.

Titles of the Act

Title 15 United States Code Chapter 68 was authored as seven titles based on U.S. Congressional findings, policies, and purposes as in accordance with the existing

Landsat program The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program. On 23 July 1972, the Earth Resources Technology Satellite was launched. This was eventually renamed to Lan ...

and

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. :Title I: Declaration of Findings, Purposes, and Policies - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4201-4204'' :Title II: Operation and Data Marketing of Landsat System - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4211-4215'' :Title III: Provision of Data Continuity after the Landsat System - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4221-4227'' :Title IV: Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4241-4246'' :Title V: Research and Development - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4261-4263'' :Title VI: General Provisions - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4271-4278'' :Title VII: Prohibition of Commercialization of Weather Satellites - ''15 U.S.C. §§ 4291-4292''

U.S. Congressional Actions to 1984 Act

U.S. Congressional amendment and fiscal authorization to the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984.

Repeal of Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act was repealed by the enactment of the

Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other body of water, bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the Continent, co ...

. The legislative repeal was passed by the 102nd U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on October 28, 1992.

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Titles of the Act

U.S. Congressional Actions to 1984 Act

Repeal of Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

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