REPORT OF SPACE POLICY ALTERNATIVES ON INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING (U)

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• Publication Date: September 25, 1979
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The Director of Central Intelligence
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Resource Management Staff
MEMORANDUM FOR: DCI Space Policy Working Group
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DCI/RM 79-2388
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Report of Space Policy Alternatives on
Integrated Remote Sensing
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Memo to DCI S ace Policy Working Group
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(DCI RM 79-2373)
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Agenda for PRC (Space) Meeting
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MEMORANDUM FOR: OF STATE
THE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE
THE SECRETARY
THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
OF AGRICULTURE
THE SECRETARY
OF COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
THE DIRECTOR,
,
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 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
SUBJECT: Space Policy Alternatives on Integrated Remote,
Sensing (U)
Attached is the agenda for the Policy Review Committee (Space) meeting
scheduled for OEOB, Rm. 305 at 10:30-12:00 noon. In
addition attached ar several change sheets to the document distributed
on August 30, 1979. (U)
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POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE (SPACE). MEETING
SEPTEMBER 25, 1979
I. OVERVIEW. How can existing disparities among sector programs,
requirements and policies be accommodated so as to best serve U.S.
interests in civil remote sensing from space? Does a three part structure
meet this objective? (1) Separate classified activities without civil
counterpart; (2) Joint or coordinated civil-military activities where
requirements can be satisfied without compromise of national policy;
and (3) Integrated civil operational satellite activities under a single
civil agency management overseen by an interagency board. (C)
II. LAND PROGRAM. How should the Administration implement its commitment
to continuity of terrestrial remote sensing data through the 1980's and
to moving toward an eventual civil earth resources system?
A. Discussion of federal management mechanism and intersector Program
Board.
B. Decide on executive agent for operational program:
Option 1 New Federal Organization
Option 2 Joint Multiagency Approach
Option 3 Lead Agency--NASA, DOI, DOA, or DOC
C. How should the U.S. increase private sector involvement?
D. Decide on the level of international participation. (U)
III. WEATHER PROGRAM. Should there be further consolidation or convergence
of the military and civil polar orbiting meteorological satellite programs
for the 1985-1992 period, and if so to what extent or under what policy
ground rules.
A. Decide on a management alternative:
Option 1 Coordinated Dual Programs
Option 2 Joint Defense-Commerce Management of Consolidated
Program
Option 3 Converged Under Single Agency Management--DOC or DOD
IV. OCEAN PROGRAM. How should. the,U.S. proceed with the development
and management of space oceanography?
(U)
A. Decide on configuration of space segment:
Option 1 Dedicated Spacecraft (NOSS)
Option 2 Integration with Polar-Orbiting METSATS
B. Decide on a management approach:
Option 1 Joint Defense-Commerce-NASA Management
Option 2 Single Agency Management--DOC or DOD Z. Brzezinski
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C. Discussion of Direct Readout in the future. (U)^ DECL G REVW ON September 20,
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SPACE POLICY ALTERNATIVES ON INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING
FOR POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE (SPACE) DISTRIBUTED AUGUST 30, 1979
-CHANGE SHEET--
In the process of redrafting to reduce length and redundancy, several
changes were made to the Phase II Task Force reports. Some are of minor,
editorial nature and do not affect the meaning of the text agreed on by
the Phase II Interagency Task Force. Others appear to affect the
meaning of the text. Those changes considered critical by the Task
Force are as follows:
Page 1
Paragraph 1, sentence 4, line 8; add....however, the majority of the
Phase II Task Force did not accept all the findings of that study. (U)
Page 2
Paragraph 1, sentence 1, line 1; replace with .... The Phase II Task.Force
concurred with the Phase I study conclusion that a management and systems
convergence between the classified space activities necessary for strategic
intelligence acquisition and the unclassified civil space remote sensing
programs should not be considered. (S)
Paragraph 2, sentence 1, line 3; insert.... makes programmatic and economic
sense only when the requirements .... (C)
Paragraph 2, sentence 3, line 9; substitute would for could. (U)
Pagragraph 4, after sentence 1, line 3; add....This would result in a
constellation of four satellites under joint civil-military management
(rather than a system of two military and two civil meteorological
satellites and one joint oceanographic satellite). (U)
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Paragraph 2, after sentence 3, line 6; add.... Operational use of these
techniques in crisis and war require military management command and
control, and data exploitation. (S/NF)
ORIGINi.L CL BY Z. Brzezinski
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extent of U.S. support.... )
orce concluded that U.S. interests in remote sensing from space
are best served by a three-part structure:
End of page; add... .Conclusions. In summary, the majority of the Phase
Separate classified activities without civil counterpart;
Joint or coordinated civil-military activities where requirements
can be satisfied without compromise of national policy (e.g., ocean
and some weather observations); and
Integrated civil operational satellite activities under single
civil agency management overseen by an interagency Board. (C)
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qualifies for that responsibility. (U)
an agency having major cognizance of land management programs. Interior
DOD. Terrestrial observation satellite activities could be managed by
activities would be appropriately managed by a combination of DOC and
of Interior believes civil meteorological and oceanographic satellite
activities--meteorological, oceanographic, and terrestrial. The Department
places that a single agency should manage all civil operational satellite
Oceansat was not recommended. The Phase II report implies in several
indicated that convergence of Landsat space programs with Metsat and
Cabinet-level Federal agency? Interior View: The Phase I report clearly
be integrated with meteorological and oceanographic programs in a single
dissenting view. Issue: Should terrestrial observation space programs
Delete footnote text; replace w-ith....The Interior Task Force Representative
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implementation approach is the first attempt to capitalize on a common
set of space data acquisition requirements and achieve a significant
level of technical and managerial integration. (U)
Paragraph 1, at end of fourth tick; add. ...This special management and
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as follows:
management options are as proposed in the FY 1980 budget submissions, or
Management Optior:s paragraph, sentence 2, line 6; insert... .then the
Option 2, Advantages; delete third tick.
systems integration. (U)
At end of Option 2; add.... Technical integration forces management and
successful, may lead to similar arrangements in other programs, as
encouraged in PD/NBC-42. (U)
useful test of interagency remote sensing program management, which if
Advantages, fifth tick; delete and replace with....Serves as a
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Paragraph 3, sentence 2, line 5; delete and replace with....The high
technical risks of the resultant large and complex flight systems, the
necessary orbital and user data service compromises affecting all regimes,
and the large cost uncertainties led to the conclusion that this level
of technical integration should not be pursued, especially for operational
services, until more experience was in hand. (U)
Paragraph 4, last sentence, line 12; insert....This review and the Phase
I report underline the potential....(S)
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First full paragraph, at end of sentence 1, line 2; add.... which has
developed slowly since the inception of civil terrestrial remote sensing
activities. There are growing expectations and demands for space system
performance characteristic of an operational mode. (U)
First full paragraph, after sentence 2, line 5; add.... This indicates
that data from such instruments, even when of uncertain continuity, has
clear utility. (U)
Second full paragraph, after sentence 1, line 2; add.... or even until an
operational program could reasonably be expected to begin service in the
late 1980's. (U)
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Paragraph 1, end of sentence 1, line 3; add.... on the system. (U)
Paragraph 1, sentence 3, line 7; delete support and substitute subsidy.
Paragraph 2; delete and replace with... .Growth Potential. Although an
operational earth observations program may start with a system derived
from the Landsat experience, additional technologies, both space and
ground, can be brought on line incrementally as the utility and importance
of other sensors are demonstrated in research and development projects. (U)
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User Interests paragraph, end of sentence 2, line 5; add....who use
remote sensing data to different degrees as inputs to their informational,
management, or regulatory functions and responsibilities.
International Considerations paragraph, after sentence 1, line 4; add.... both
through establishment of foreign direct readout ground stations and
through foreign analyses of U.S.-acquired data.
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