IV. Specific Undertakings on the Part of the operator. 

 The operator shall: 



A. Provide and operate the GOES spacecraft and the NESS 

 ground facilities for receiving data collected from the satellite, 



B. Provide telemetry reduction sufficient to monitor the 

 user's Data Collection Platforms for meeting system performance 

 standards . 



C. Notify the user by the most expeditious means available 

 whenever NESS system monitoring indicates the user's Data Collec- 

 tion Platform is performing outside system specifications or is 

 inoperative. 



D. Assign priorities for participation in the GOES DCS, 

 scheduling purposes, channel assignments and for special DCS data 

 requests according to the following categories in order of 

 priority: 



1. Disaster Warning 



2. Operational 



3. Experimental 



E. Notify the user of modifications to the established 

 operational schedule for collecting data from the user's Data 

 Collection Platforms. Notification will be prior to activation 

 of such schedule changes unless the operator must enact schedule 

 modifications to provide services for emergency warnings. Sudden 

 adverse spacecraft conditions may also preclude the operator from 

 providing the user notification prior to schedule changes. In 

 any event, notification will be made as soon as possible. 



This agreement shall enter into force and effect for one 

 year after signature by both parties and if otherwise consistent 

 with applicable authorization and apprpriation Acts of Congress, 

 this agreement shall remain in force and effect unless and until 

 terminated at the election of either the user or the operator 

 provided notification of such termination is in writing and 

 forwarded by one party to the other, no less than 90 days in 

 advance of termination. 



Director, NESS Date User Date 



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