CIVIL OPERATIONAL REMOTE SENSING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84M00127R000100010027-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: November 16, 1979
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Presidential Directive/NSC -54.
T0: . -The Secretary-of.-State
The:Secretary of.-Defense.
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BYE 2505-82 .
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of_Commerce
The Secretary of Transportation
The Secretary of Energy
The.Director,. Office of.Management and Budget
The Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs
and Policy
The Administrator, Agency for International Development
The Director, Arms Control.'and Disarmament Agency
The*Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
The-Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
.Administration .
The Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency-
The Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy
.The Director, National Science Foundation
SUBJECT: Civil Operational Remote Sensing (U)
The President has approved the civil space policy discussed
below--' The policy amplifies that established in PD/NSC-37 --
National Space Policy and PD/NSC-42 -- Civil and Further National
Space Policy. (U)
1. OVERALL DIRECTION. The United States' interests in remote
sensing from space will be served by-a. three part structure:
(1) Separate classified activities that have no civil counterparts.
(2) Joint or coordinated civil/military activities where both
objectives can be satisfied without compromising national policy.
(3) Integration of civil operational activities under single
civil agency management with coordination and regulation by an
interagency board. Joint management and overall system convergence
will not be pursued between classified space activities necessary
for intelligence and unclassified civil space remote sensing.
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2. LAND PROGRAMS. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) of the Department of Commerce is assigned the management
0sponsibility for civil operational land remote sensing activities
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Ini .?ally, the ope_ationai land remote sensing system from space
1be based on L NDSAT technology. Conrnerce's initial responsibility
( 7-in coordination with other appropriate agencies -- will be to
develop a time-phased transition plan covering: .(1) a Program
Board (discussed Below) ; (2)- organization for management 'and
regulation; ' (3) *,system' financing including pricing .policies for
the users sharing of costs; (4) technical programs; C5) . establishment
of private and international participation;-- (&1:. identification. of -
facilities (including the.-EROS data -center). hardware; and personnel .
that should be transferred; and (7) identification of actions such
as executive orders and legislation required. Commerce will.
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sui;mit to OMB a preliminary implementation plan by December
1979, covering any required FY 1981 budget adjustments and a final
transition plan by June 1, 1980. (U)
a. Federal Management Mechanism. Commerce will establish
and chair a Program Board for continuing federal. coordination and
regulation with representatives from the involved federal organizations
(e.g. Def ens ;At Interior", Agriculture, Transportation, Energy,
State, NASA, AID, EPA and EOP). Organizations such as the
National Governors' Association and National Conference of State
Legislatures will be. asked to participate as necessary. The Board
will -forward recor. :endations on unresolved policy issues to the
Policy Review Committee (Space) for consideration and action. (.U)
b. -Private Sector Involvement. Our goal is the. eventual
ieration by the private sector of our civil land remote sensing
activities. Commerce will budget for further work in FY 1981 to
seek ways to enhance private sector opportunities (e.g., joint.
venture with industry, a quasi-government corporation, leasing,
etc.). Commerce will be the contact for private industry on this
matter and with to Program Board will analyze any proposals.
received prior to submitting policy issues to the Policy.Review
Committee (Space)' for consideration and action. (U) ?
c. International Participation. The United States will
generally support non-discriminatory direct readout to foreign
ground stations to continue our present policy and to provide data
to foreign users under-specified conditions. Pricing policies
must be developed that are consistent for foreign and domestic
users. We will promote development of complementary nationally
operated satellite systems so as to limit US program costs, but
protect against unwarranted technology transfer. CU)
3. WEATHER PROGR? iS. Defense and Commerce will maintain and
coordinate dual polar orbiting meteorological programs. We will
continue procurement of current satellite systems with Defense and
Commerce each operating separate satellites to meet the differing
needs of the military and civil sectors. When any new polar
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biting satellites are justified they will be jointly developed
d procured by Defense, Commerce and NASA to maximize technology-
-sharing and-to minimize cost. An appropriate coordination mechanism
will be established to. assure effective cooperation and to prevent
duplication-. (U)
4 . OCEAN PROGRAMS . If- a. decision "is' made to develop, oceanographic,-'.'-
satellites, joint Defense/Commerce/NASA development, acquisition
and management will be pursued.. A Committee will be establvshed,
with the above. representation expanded to include State, Lyg,, and
NSF. The Committee will. forward recommendations on policy issues
to the Policy Review Committee (Spacel for consideration and
action:. (U)
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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