Deciding who can access satellite data

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-05-13

Summary:

"Since the beginning of the space age, nations have launched nearly 500 unclassified Earth observing satellites, each with the ability to add to our understanding of these challenges. Some agencies — the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), the European Space Agency (ESA), and Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), for instance — make most or all of their environmental satellite data available to all users free of charge. However, many agencies, including the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), restrict access to data from many of their satellites. In fact, data from more than half of all unclassified government Earth observing satellites launched between 1957 and 2016 is restricted in some way. My book, Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data examines why some nations restrict access to data from their unclassified government satellites, while others make the data freely available. A series of historical case studies, as well as a broad survey of national practices, shows that economic concerns and agency priorities shape the way nations treat their data. Satellites are expensive tools, and many nations have attempted to sell their satellite data to help reduce the burden on government agencies or promote the growth of a commercial remote sensing sector. As Dr K. Kasturirangan, former chief of Isro, states: “There has to be a logical cost recovery mechanism for data.”..."

Link:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/discourse/130518/deciding-who-can-access-satellite-data.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.access oa.psi oa.security oa.geo oa.space oa.economics_of oa.surveys oa.europe oa.usa oa.asia oa.policies oa.government oa.debates oa.stem oa.data

Date tagged:

05/13/2018, 14:31

Date published:

05/13/2018, 10:35