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COSMIC 2 Update. Dave Ector COSMIC PM for OSD 4 November 10. COSMIC 2. Requirements. GNSSRO Level 1 Requirements Documents (L1RD) status L1RD Completed and signed 5 May 2010 L1RD assessment underway Initial budget/partnerships for COSMIC-2 do not fully support all L1RD requirements
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COSMIC 2 Update Dave Ector COSMIC PM for OSD 4 November 10
Requirements • GNSSRO Level 1 Requirements Documents (L1RD) status • L1RD Completed and signed 5 May 2010 • L1RD assessment underway • Initial budget/partnerships for COSMIC-2 do not fully support all L1RD requirements • C-2 was designed to be a replication of C-1 – except X2 satellites (12) • All at 72 degrees • 2 northern tracking stations with current latency (around 60 min average) • L1RD requires 2 inclinations – 72 degrees and 24 degrees • L1RD requires 45 min average latency • Partnering with the AF for SSAEM sensors – 2 secondary payloads on 6 satellites • AF purchase of rockets will close budget shortfall – allow us to meet all L1RD threshold requirements
Acquisition Environment • Acquisition Environment • Solid support from NESDIS • Very strong support from Weather Service • Historically solid support from OMB • New start – clearly at risk in this political environment • Being sold as a VERY low hanging fruit – very large forecasting impacts for a small price – compared to other satellite programs • Why not do this commercially? Is the #1 question from OMB and congress. • International and government partnership leverage is one of our major selling points – we have outside contributions up to double the NOAA investment ($200+M)
COSMIC 2 Current Activity • Mission Definition Review – successfully completed in August • TriG Payload • SRR complete in August • PDR planned for November • Antenna design kicked off for COSMIC-2 • Procurement strategy in draft • Air Force is proceeding with partnership • Payloads contracts work • Discussions with STP for the Minotaur 4 – received ‘11 funding • AF provided draft MOA under review at NOAA • NSPO is moving forward quickly on spacecraft procurement • RFI released in May • 5 RFIs under review • Plans to release RFP for 12 spacecraft by January • NOAA working ground planning • Discussions with KSAT on ground station options • Working with UCAR on proposal to “operationalize” CDAAC processing software to install at NSOF
PM Summary • COSMIC 2 is on schedule even with a 3-6 month CR • NASA started the NRE for the payload in April • Internal planning money has help us get our international agreements complete • JPL is working risk mitigation activities for the NOAA paylaod • Taiwan is on track to award spacecraft contracts • USAF partnership is imminent – comes with 2 launch vehicles • Letter of intent from the AF • Reviewing AF draft MOA • Well coordinated L1RD is complete • Pushed the limits of the original budget which was based on COSMIC 1 • Can meet threshold requirements of L1RD now that the AF has joined the team by allocating LV money to ground stations – without requesting additional money