[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR950.8]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 950_ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 950.8  Satellite Data Services Division (SDSD).

    The Satellite Data Services Division of the EDIS National Climatic 
Center provides environmental and earth resources satellite data to 
other users once the original collection purposes (i.e., weather 
forecasting) have been satisfied. The division also provides photographs 
collected during NASA's SKYLAB missions.
    (a) Satellite data available from SDSD include:

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    (1) Data from the TIROS (Television InfraRed Observational 
Satellite) series of experimental spacecraft; much of the imagery 
gathered by spacecraft of the NASA experimental NIMBUS series; full-
earth disc photographs from NASA's Applications Technology Satellites 
(ATS) I and III geostationary research spacecraft; tens of thousands of 
images from the original ESSA and current NOAA series of Improved TIROS 
Operational Satellites; and both full-disc and sectorized images from 
the Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) 1 and 2, the current 
operational geostationary spacecraft. In addition to visible light 
imagery, infrared data are available from the NIMBUS, NOAA, and SMS 
satellites. Each day, SDSD receives about 239 negatives from the polar-
orbiting NOAA spacecraft, more than 235 SMS-1 and 2 negatives, and 
several special negatives and movie film loops.
    (2) Photographs (both color and black-and-white) taken during the 
three SKYLAB missions (May through June, 1973, July through September, 
1973, and November 1973 through February 1974).
    (b) Queries should be addressed to: Satellite Data Services 
Division, World Weather Building, Room 606, Washington, DC 20233, tel. 
301-763-8111.