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 PUBLIC LAW 102-555—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4165 tion, or depreciation of capital assets originally paid for by the United States Government or other costs not specifically attributable to fulfilling user requests. (3) The term "data continuity" means the continued acquisition and availability of unenhanced data which are,firomthe point of view of Uie user— (A) sufficiently consistent (in terms of acquisition geometry, coverage characteristics, and spectral cnaractenstics) wilii previous Landsat data to allow comparisons for global and regional change detection and characterization; and (B) compatible with such data and with methods used to receive and process sudi data. (4) The term "data preprocessing" may include— (A) rectification of system and sensor distortions in land remote sensing data as it is received directly from the satellite in preparation for delivery to a user; (B) registration of such data with respect to features of the Earu; and (C) calibration of spectral response with respect to such data, but does not include conclusions, manipulations, or calculations derived from such data, or a combination of such data with other data. (5) The term "land remote sensing" means the collection of data which can be processed into imagery of surface features of the Earth from an unclassified satellite or satellites, other than an operational United States Government weather satellite. (6) The term "Landsat Program Management" means the integrated program management structure— (A) established by, and responsible to, the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 101(a); and (B) consisting of appropriate officers and employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, and any other United States (government agencies the President designates as responsible for the Limdsat program. (7) The term "Landsat system" means Landsats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and any follow-on land remote sensing system operated and owned by the United States Government, along with any related ground equipment, systems, and facilities owned by the United States Government. (8) The term "Landsat 6 contractor" means the private sector entity which was awarded the contract for spacecraft construction, operations, and data marketing rights for the Landsat 6 spacecraft. (9) The term "Landsat 7" means the follow-on satellite to Landsat 6. (10) The term "National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive" means the archive established by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the archival responsibilities defined in section 502. (11) The term "noncommercial purposes" refers to those activities undertaken by individuals or entities on the condition, upon receipt of unenhanced data, that— (A) such data shall not be used in connection with any bid for a conmiercial contract, development of a

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