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FiledMay 5th, 2020Home Argos Applications System Use Policy User Area System Use Agreement of the Month 2017: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May Past By Year: 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 2017 Other Links System Use Policy I. BACKGROUND The Argos Data Collection System (Argos DCS) is operated through a cooperative program between the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Argos DCS is managed by NOAA, CNES, EUMETSAT and ISRO jointly through the Argos Operations Committee. The system consists of: instruments provided by CNES, which are flown aboard NOAA, EUMETSAT and ISRO polar-orbiting satellites; user supplied platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) or platform message transceivers (PMTs); and global and regional data processing centres. NOAA is authorized to enter this agreement unde