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title: "51 U.S.C. § 60605"
description: "Space weather data"
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title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
chapter_number: "606"
chapter_name: "SPACE WEATHER"
section: "60605"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 60605"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 60605 - Space weather data

## Text

(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.

(Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(b), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 890.)