[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1215.100]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1215--TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE SYSTEM (TDRSS)--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 1215.1--Use and Reimbursement Policy for Non-U.S. Government 
                                  Users
 
Sec. 1215.100  General.


    The TDRSS represents a major investment by the U.S. Government with 
the primary goal of providing improved tracking and data acquisition 
services to spacecraft in low earth orbit or to mobile terrestrial users 
such as aircraft or balloons. It is the objective of NASA to operate as 
efficiently as possible with the TDRSS. This is to the mutual benefit of 
all users. Such user consideration will permit NASA and

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non-NASA service to be delivered without compromising the mission 
objectives of any individual user. To encourage users toward achieving 
efficient TDRSS usage, this reimbursement policy has been established to 
purposely influence users to operate with TDRSS in the most efficient 
and orderly manner possible. Additionally, the reimbursement policy is 
designed to comply with the Bureau of the Budget Circular A-25 on User 
Charges, dated September 23, 1959, which requires that a reasonable 
charge should be made to each identifiable recipient for a measurable 
unit or amount of Government service or property from which a special 
benefit is derived.

[56 FR 28048, June 19, 1991]