APPENDIX B 



MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOAA 

 AND THE USER 



INTRODUCTION 



The National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) , of the 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hereinafter 

 referred to as the operator (of the Synchronous Meteorological 

 SatelJ^ite (SMS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental 

 Satellite (GOES) and the Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) 

 (Station)) and the (user) (agency), hereinafter referred to as 

 the user (the provider of Data Collection Platforms and the 

 user of the data collected) agree on the "Joint Understanding" 

 below and agree to fulfill the undertakings specified. 



I. Name of Program. The program to which this Memorandum applies 

 shall be known as the "National Environmental Satellite Service - 

 (user) GOES Data Collection System Program". 



II. Joint Understanding. 



A. To qualify for collection by' the GOES, the data from the 

 user's Data Collection Platforms must fall within the definition 

 of environmental data. Environmental data are defined as obser- 

 vations and measurements of physical, chemical, or biological pro- 

 perties of the oceans, rivers, lakes, solid Earth and atmosphere 

 (including space) . 



B. Authority for the GOES to utilize the radio frequency 

 band 401.7 to 402.1 MHz as an uplink and the radio frequency band 

 468.750 to 468.950 MHz as a down link is contained in the Fre- 

 quency Assignment Subcommittee/Interdepartment Radio Advisory 

 Committee docket numbers 7422556 and 7422589, respectively. 

 Docket number 7422556 grants the operator the authority to make 

 frequency channels available to the user. However, it is understood 

 that the user must obtain authority from appropriate national 

 agencies to transmit on frequency channels, designated by the 

 operator, within the uplink band. The operator will also provide 

 address codes. 



C. The operator will not assign a channel to one user for 

 full time use; however, time periods within a channel will be 

 assigned and on a priority basis. 



D. The operator reserves the right to terminate or suspend 

 the user's participation in this program in the event of space- 

 craft or ground equipment limitations requiring curtailment or 

 elimination of services. 



