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S. 881, Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 116th
Date Requested April 3, 2019
Requested By Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Date Sent May 31, 2019
Description:
The bill would Require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain the capability to observe space weather by building and deploying at least one instrument to capture imagery of coronal mass ejections Codify existing multi-agency efforts under the National Space Weather Program Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from  The costs to acquire a coronagraph, spacecraft, and related equipment Areas of significant uncertainty include The number of spacecraft and coronagraphs required to adequately capture coronal mass ejection imagery When the spacecraft and coronagraph would launch and what it could cost

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