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Space

NOAA Eliminates Certain Restrictions on Commercial Remote Sensing Companies

By Rachel Jewett

Monday, August 7th, 2023

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NOAA Eliminates Certain Restrictions on Commercial Remote Sensing Companies

Umbra releases 16-cm SAR imagery of the Dole Pineapple Garden Maze in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Umbra

The U.S. government lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite companies on Monday. The changes came from NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office, which is a division of the Office of Space Commerce. CRSA said restrictions in place kept companies from offering their full capabilities to the public. In 2020, CRSA changed the way it regulated licensing for remote sensing systems, and said that the government could only restrict unique capabilities for up to three years for the government…

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