The Legal Defense of Radio Astronomy

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The purpose of this paper is to describe one program of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Radio Frequencies (“CORF”). This program uses legal means to protect radio astronomy frequencies from radio interference.

CORF is composed of eminent scientists from the fields of radio astronomy, space research, remote sensing, meteorology, and wildlife tracking who use radio frequencies in conducting their research. CORF’s primary objective is to limit the level of harmful man-made interference in the bands used by these scientists as much as possible.