ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING (ACCRES), June 2020

NOAA’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) held a three-day meeting in June 2020 (June 23-25).  The main topic of discussion was the new regulations for the commercial satellite remote sensing industry that were published in May 2020.

Among the speakers were three members of Congress (Cruz, Babin and Horn), Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs, Director of NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce Kevin O’Connell, Executive Secretary of the White House National Space Council Scott Pace, and DOD’s Principle Director of Space Policy John Hill.

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the meeting on June 25, 2020:  New Remote Sensing Regulations Great Improvement, But Devil is in the Details.