---
kind: "unit"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
key: "stVI/ch601"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 601"
heading: "Land Remote Sensing Policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/stVI-ch601"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 601 — Land Remote Sensing Policy

Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs › Subtitle VI — Earth Observations

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Landsat](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Licensing of Private Remote Sensing Space Systems](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Research, Development, and Demonstration](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — General Provisions](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Prohibition of Commercialization of Weather Satellites](/usc/51/stVI-ch601-schVI.md)