THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Intelligence Community Studies Board
Committee for the Assessment of Partnership Options for a Small Satellite System for Collecting Scientific Quality Oceanic and Coastal Data
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Congressional Briefings
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.
and
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 – 1:30 p.m.
via Zoom
on
Leveraging Commercial Space for Earth and Ocean Remote Sensing
This new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assesses the feasibility and implications of creating and exploiting partnerships for developing, deploying, and operating a system of satellites and supporting infrastructure capable of sensing ocean, coastal, atmospheric, and hydrologic data of sufficient scientific quality to enable prediction models and to support near real time applications of national interest. This report identifies and describes promising options for such a system.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on March 3, 2022 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.