R&D- SPACE: OPERATIONS, TRACKING AND DATA ACQUISITION (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT)

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES: A. MISSION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATORY/MISSION DESIGN SUPPORT INCLUDING: TRADESTUDY GENERATION, SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS IMPACT ANALYSIS, SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT, AND DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION ANALYSIS. B. GROUND SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING: OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF SI, FGS, ISIM, AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), MISSION SIMULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS LOW COST OPERATIONS CONCEPTS. C. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE, SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND STAFF RESEARCH. D. COMMISSIONING PERIOD AND ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. E. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INCLUDING: SUBSYSTEM (INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS) HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING, COMMAND GENERATION AND UPLOAD, SCHEDULE EXECUTION ASSURANCE, TRENDING, AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATION. F. SUPPORT AND EXECUTION OF THE ON-ORBIT COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. G. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE JWST PROJECT. H. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: A. FOLLOW-ON MISSION STUDIES. B. ENGINEERING NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO NEW JWST PROJECT TASKS.

SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER (SUVI) INSTRUMENT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT LAUNCH OF THE SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER (SUVI) INSTRUMENT, SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE SUVI IS CLASSIFIED AS A NON-PRIMARY INSTRUMENT ON THE GOES-R SATELLITE AND HAS A RISK CLASSIFICATION OF B. THE SUVI INSTRUMENT PROVIDES A BROADBAND IMAGING IN THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH RANGE TO MONITOR THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC RANGE OF SOLAR FEATURES, FROM CORONAL HOLES TO FLARES, AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATE OF TEMPERATURE AND EMISSION MEASURE. THESE DATA ARE USED FOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM FORECASTS AND FORECASTS OF SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS RELATED TO FLARES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT: A) PARTS AND MATERIALS FOR 4 FLIGHT MODELS B) ONE SUVI FLIGHT MODEL (FM) C) THREE SETS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT (ESTE) D) TWO SUVI EMULATORS (SUVIES) E) TWO FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (FSDES) F) ONE GROUND PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (GPDS) G) SPARES FOR THE FOUR FMS H) ALL ADDITIONAL SUVI MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (MGSE AND EGSE) CALLED OUT ELSEWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT I) ALL ITEMS AND DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN ALL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC)

THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE TASKS NECESSARY TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT LAUNCH OF THE EUVS XRS IRRADIANCE SENSORS (EXIS), SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC).

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE HARDWARE END ITEM, SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES, AND RELATED SERVICES FOR THE SPACE GEODESY PROJECT (SGP) OFFICE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION, DEPLOYMENT, AND COMMISSIONING OF THE NEXT GENERATION SPACE GEODESY (SG) SATELLITE LASER RANGING (SLR) STATIONS THAT WILL BE A PART OF A NEW NASA'S SPACE GEODETIC NETWORK (NGSN). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER UP TO 6 SGSLR STATIONS INCLUDING THE COMPLETION OF THE BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT OF 2 SGSLR STATIONS BEING DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE AT GSFC USING SEVERAL SUPPORT SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LARGER GLOBAL GEODETIC OBSERVING SYSTEM (GGOS).

SOLAR ORBITER SPICE PHASES E/F EFFORT

IGF::OT::IGF THE SOFIA SCIENCE AND MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE NASA WITH AN INFRARED SCIENCE GUEST OBSERVER PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, AND PLANETARY ASTRONOMY IN A SAFE AND COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.