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Signatures

External signatures File extension: ntf
Internal signatures
Name National Imagery Transmission Format 2.0
Description File Profile and name version declaration, followed by numercial complexity level (2 bytes), followed by 4 resereved bytes, followed by originating station id, followed by 14 byte file date and time sequence in form DDHHMMSSz(MON)YY, followed by 72 byte length file title alphanumeric sequence with 8 additional space bytes,to 1 byte file security classification declaration (T|S|C|R|U)
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Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 4E49544630322E3030[30:39][31:39]20202020{10}[30:33][30:39][30:32][30:39][30:35][30:39][30:35][30:39]5A{3}[30:39][30:39]{80}(43|52|53|54|55)
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