15 CFR § 911.8 - Technical requirements.

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title: "15 CFR § 911.8 - Technical requirements."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "911.8"
section_name: "Technical requirements."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS"
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part_name: "POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING USE OF THE NOAA SPACE-BASED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS"
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# 911.8 Technical requirements.

(a) All platform operators of the NOAA DCS must use a data collection platform radio set whose technical and design characteristics are certified to conform to applicable specifications and regulations.

(b) All platform operators are responsible for all costs associated with the procurement and operation of the platforms, and for the acquisition of data from those platforms, either directly from the satellite or from the applicable data processing center.