S. 2634 · 118th Congress
Accessing Satellite Capabilities to Enable New Discoveries Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Hickenlooper
- Introduced
- 2023-07-27
- Latest action
- 2023-07-27 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Accessing Satellite Capabilities to Enable New Discoveries Act or the ASCEND Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established the program as a pilot program in 2017 to acquire commercial small-satellite data in support of NASA's earth science research.