---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 60145"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "60145"
heading: "Acquisition of equipment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/60145"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Earth Observations"
  - "Chapter 601 — Land Remote Sensing Policy"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §60145. Acquisition of equipment


The [Landsat Program Management](/usc/51/60101.md?p=5) may, by means of a competitive process, allow a licensee under subchapter III or any other private party to buy, lease, or otherwise acquire the use of equipment from the [Landsat system](/usc/51/60101.md?p=6), when such equipment is no longer needed for the operation of such system or for the sale of data from such system. Officials of other United States Government civilian agencies are authorized and encouraged to cooperate with the [Secretary](/usc/51/60101.md?p=11) in carrying out this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3420.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60145 | 15 U.S.C. 5655. | Pub. L. 102–555, title V, § 505, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4177. |