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House Lawmakers Want Pritzer Answers On World View 3 Licensing

Pat Host

Monday, June 13th, 2016

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House Lawmakers Want Pritzer Answers On World View 3 Licensing

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Two influential House lawmakers from Texas want answers from Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) lack of decision granting DigitalGlobe [DGI] a license to fully operate its WorldView 3 remote sensing system.“According to recent press reports, commercial satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe is still awaiting a license approval to sell high-definition infrared imagery data from its Worldview 3 satellite almost three years after submitting the initial request, well beyond the 120-day requirement,” Republicans Lamar…

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