GOES-R Ground Segment Project

NSOF Lunchtime Seminar

Tracy Zeiler
Assistant Ground Segment Project Manager

17 September 2009

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 Agenda

• Welcome

• Program Overview

• Ground Segment Project

• Functional & Performance Requirements

• Questions

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 GOES-R Program Office

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 GOES Satellite Mission

• Weather sentinel
– Hurricanes
– Severe storms
– Flash floods
• Input to weather models, forecasts and warnings
• Fire and smoke products for air quality monitoring and
forecasting and fire fighting
• Sea surface temperature monitoring for fisheries and
climate
• Winds for aviation
• Solar imagery for communication satellites, utility
companies, and astronaut safety
• Environmental data collection–buoys, rain gauges…
• Search and Rescue
• GOES data shared within the western hemisphere
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 GOES-R Objectives

• Continuity of the Geostationary Environmental Data

Observational Mission

• Modernization and Upgrade Measurement Technology

for Temporal and Spatial Improvement

• Continuation of data and products for:

– Protection of Life and Property
– Alerting the Public through Watches/Warnings
– Preserving and Expanding the Economy
– Dissemination of Data

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 GOES-R Program

• GOES-R acquisitions are through an integrated NOAA/NASA

program office, led by NOAA, located at Goddard Space Flight Center
– Roles and responsibilities identified in a NOAA/NASA Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU)

• NASA responsibilities include procurement, management, and

execution of the Flight Project, including:
– Instruments
– Spacecraft
– Launch Services

• NOAA responsibilities include procurement, management, and

execution of the Ground Segment Project, including:
– Mission Management
– Product Distribution
– Product Generation
– Enterprise Management
– Three sites: NSOF, WCDAS, and RBU

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 GOES-R Program (Continued)

• Program System Engineering and Integration (SE&I) is a NASA-led

function within the program office with significant NOAA participation

• Mission Assurance function is a NASA-led function for Program and

Projects

• NOAA is responsible for operation of the deployed system

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 GOES-R Program Status

• Key program documents signed

– Level 1 Requirements Documents – June 10, 2007
– NOAA/NASA Memorandum of Understanding - June 15, 2007

• Spacecraft acquisition
– July 22. 2009 – Lockheed-Martin
Denver, Colorado

• Ground acquisition
– May 27, 2009 – Harris Corporation
Melbourne, Florida

• GOES-R Launch Readiness Date

– September 2015

• Information
– Spacecraft: NNG07193033J, NNG08193033R /
http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51
– Ground: DG133E-08-RP-0068
http://www.fedbizopps.gov

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 Program Management
Structure
DOC

NOAA
Program Management NOAA
Council

NESDIS
AA: Mary Kicza

Program Scientist (NOAA) GOES-R Program Office

Lead: Steven Goodman GSFC
System Program Director (SPD): Greg Mandt (NOAA)
Center Management
Deputy SPD: Hal Bloom (NOAA) (reports Mar 3)
STAR Council
Assistant SPD: Mark Brumfield (NASA)

Program Systems Engineering

Program Control Lead: Barbara Pfarr (NASA)
Lead: Stephen Schaeffer (NOAA) Deputy: Bill Mazur (NOAA)

Program Mission Assurance Contracts

Lead: Roman Kilgore (NASA) Lead: David Runner (NOAA)
Kelly Mabe (NOAA)

Ground Segment Project

Flight Project
Project Manager: Vanessa Griffin (NOAA)
Project Manager: Michael Donnelly (NASA)
Deputy: Robin Pfister (NASA)
Deputy: Tim Walsh (NOAA)
Assistant: Tracy Zeiler

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 GOES-R
Ground Segment Project

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 GOES-R Ground Segment
Project Office

Contracting Office
Dave Runner, GPO CO
GOES-R Ground Segment Program Matrix Support
Facilities: Chris Morris
Kelly Mabe, GSP CO Project Management IT Support: IT Team
Brian Brown, CS Admin Officer: Karen Schaffert
Project Manager: Vanessa Griffin
Deputy Project Manager: Robin Pfister
Project Control Office Assistant Project Manager: Tracy Zeiler
Resources Mgr: Stan Stanczyk
Project Support: Gary Sloan
Administrative Assistant: Donnise Brooks Mission Assurance
Lead: Belkacem Manseur
Project Support: Mary Bernhard Administrative Assistant: Pat Rader Sr QA Eng: Dan Laczko
Cost Management: MaryAnn Davis
Reliability Eng: Ying Shi
Scheduler: Neil Bozievic
Reliability Eng: Paula Pruessner
Risk Management: Adrian Rad
Software QA: Saul Harris
EVM Control: Bernard Gerrity
Safety Eng: Dave Rossi
EVM Control: Casey Connor
Project Science Office Safety Eng: Bill Hill
Cost Control: Jim Gates
Project Scientist: Jim Gurka DCMA
Financial Analyst: Tim Daniels
Property Management: Sam Jacob GEOSS Liaison: Kathy Fontaine

Systems Engineering Resident Officers Development Affiliated Developers

Lead: John Bristow III Contractor Facility: Rotational Lead: Ron Smilek OSD: Charlie Bryant
Deputy: Carlos Gomez-Rosa NSOF: Rotational Deputy: Dave Zehr Reggie Lawrence
Engineer: Richard G. Reynolds STAR Liaison: Kenny Lowe Sr. Engineer: Darryl Leon OSO: TBD

Mission Management Product Generation Product Distribution Enterprise Algorithm Development Antenna System
IDT Lead: Chetan Sayal IDT Lead: Satya Kalluri IDT Lead: Dave Han IDT Lead: Johnny Medina Lead: Laurie Rokke Lead: Ida Hakkarinen

SE: Frank Menzer

SE: Steve Christy SE: Marghi Hopkins SE: Bob Lutz SE: Julie McNeil SE: Richard Reynolds
SE: Jill Matalavage

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 Ground Segment Project
Support Contractors

The Aerospace Corporation

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Booz Allen Hamilton
Integrity Applications Incorporated
ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc
Noblis, Inc
SGT, Inc
Tecolote Research, Inc

The GSP operates as a truly “Badgeless Team.”

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 GOES-R
Acquisition Background

• Architecture Studies
– 12 Architecture Study contracts awarded November 2003 to
evaluate end-to-end architecture approaches

• Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR)

– September 2005 – April 2007
– 3 firm-fixed-price contracts
• Define an end-to-end system architecture
• Create detailed concept designs and cost estimates
• Conduct system and subsystem level trade studies to identify
and mitigate program risk
• Prepare and plan for instrument transition to a space
segment contractor during the A&O phase

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 GOES-R
Acquisition Background
(Continued)

• Harris Contract
– “Ground Segment Contractor / GS ‘Core’ Contractor”
– Awarded May 27, 2009
– $750M
– 10 year Period of Performance
– Award Fee

– Develops, Integrates, Delivers, Installs, and Tests the “Core”

Ground Segment (EM, MM, PG, PD) across three Government
Sites (NSOF / WCDAS / RBU) in multiple “Releases.”

– Maintains, Sustains, and Technology Refreshes the Ground

Segment through 2019.

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 Ground Segment
Implementation Approach
Ground Segment Project Office
Ground Segment Contractor
Ground Segment Antenna Contractor
OSD: Office of Systems Development
OSO: Office of Satellite Operations
AWG: Algorithm Working Group
STAR: Center for Satellite Applications and
Research
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Leads, Coordinates, Performs independent end-
product verification and GS validation, etc.
EM, MM, PG, PD, Segment Integration, System
Integration support for the entire GS
MM Antennas
GOES-R Access Subsystem
(“GAS” / Access Point /7-day Store )
Ancillary Data Relay System (ADRS)
HRIT/EMWIN “Domain-5” Upgrade
DCS Intermediate Frequency Compatibility Upgrade
Facilities Upgrades
Terrestrial Telecommunications Circuits
L2/2+ Algorithm Packages, including:
proxy data input and simulated output
Cal/Val
L2/2+ ATBD verification
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 GOES-R
Ground Segment
Functional & Performance
Requirements

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 Notional Functional Overview
GOES East
GOES West

GOES-R Ground Segment Facilities

GOES-R Ground Segment GOES-R
Re-broadcast
Functional Elements (GRB)
Mission NOAA Satellite
Remote Backup
Management (RBU) Operations
NOAA Wallops Ground
Station (WCDAS)
Facility
Product (NSOF)
Generation Product
Distribution User
Community
-- Enterprise Management --

*CLASS: Comprehensive Large Array-data Archive and Access

Stewardship System (CLASS*; ESPC*)
*ESPC: Environmental Satellite Processing Center

Mission Includes satellite mission operations (telemetry and command), mission scheduling, mission state-of-health
Management trending, satellite orbital analysis, and processing raw data to Level 0 (L0)

Product Includes processing L0 data to Level 1b (including calibration, and navigation & registration) and creation of
Generation GOES-Rebroadcast (GRB), creation of eGVAR, and creation of higher level data products (Level 2/2+)
including operational formatted products.

Product Includes distribution of GRB, distribution of KPPs to AWIPS, distribution and access to data and formatted
Distribution products via the GOES-R Access Point, and distribution of data and formatted products to CLASS

Enterprise Provides situational awareness of all functions of the GOES-R GS by monitoring and reporting the
Management configuration of the security, networks, communications, and operational systems

Infrastructure Includes telecommunications, facilities, and software infrastructure

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 Requirements Summary
Ground Segment
• Maintain Health and Safety of the Flight Systems

• Key Performance Parameters (Priority Products):

– Provide GRB and Cloud and Moisture Imagery, to users within latency that
meets the refresh rate

• Meet product allocated latencies as identified in the GS F&PS Appendix A

(baseline), and Appendix D (increased Mode 4 refresh rates) (Option #1)

• Overall system availability of 0.99989 (TBR) for KPP products and 0.997
(TBR) for non-KPP products

• Maximum Time to Restore Service of 4.75 min for MM, KPP PG and PD
– Maximum Time to Restore Service of 120 min for non-KPP PG and PD

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 Requirements Summary
Ground Segment (Continued)

• GS capability to fail over by function without failing over an entire site

• Failover to RBU within 4.75 min

• RBU contains Product Generation of KPP products

• Continuity of legacy capabilities

• Distribute products to users

• Provide relay for other NOAA services

• IT security requirements

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 Requirements Summary
Ground Segment (Continued)
• Utilization rates
– Memory utilization less than 50% (TBR)
– CPU utilization less than 70% (TBR)

• Development environment for all GS elements (software/databases)

• I&T environment for operationally-equivalent I&T conditions for all GS

elements

• Modular, Scalable, Extensible, Expandable, and Open

– Support “Plug and Play” algorithm implementations and other future upgrades

• Use of existing assets

– NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF), Wallops Command and Data
Acquisition Station (WCDAS)
– Permanent data archive provided by the NOAA National Data Centers using
the Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)
– RF Antennas (GFE … both existing, new, and upgraded)
– NOAA telecommunication assets, including inter-site WANs
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 Requirements Summary
Ground Segment (Continued)
• Operational approach consistent with existing operational processes
and procedures, and staff
– Staffing level equal to or less than today’s level

• Use of standards, including:

– Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) standards
– International Standards Organization (ISO) and Federal Geographic
Data Committee (FGDC) metadata standards
– Use of common end-product format standards to ease user transition
• NetCDF4 (all)
• McIDAS (terrestrial)
• FITS (space)

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 Requirements Summary
Mission Management
• Space-Ground communications
– TLM & CMD
– Unique Payload Services (HRIT/EMWIN*, DCS, SARSAT)
– GOES Rebroadcast (GRB)

• Generate Spacecraft Commands, and Process Spacecraft

Telemetry
– 5-day local storage of raw data for anomaly resolution
– Life-of-the-mission storage of engineering telemetry and event
messages
– Generate and manage command loads 7 days in advance

• Process raw (instrument) data to Level 0

• Perform mission scheduling and planning

• Perform Orbit & Attitude determination and maneuver planning

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 Requirements Summary
Mission Management (Continued)

• Conduct Product Monitoring (L1b)

– Routine instrument calibration support
– Image Navigation and Registration (INR) monitoring

• Telemetry data archive, engineering analysis system, and remote

access to telemetry

• Integrate
– Flight Software (FSW) Development Environment
– Spacecraft and Instrument Simulators
– Antennas and front-end RF equipment

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 Requirements Summary
Product Generation

• Process Level 0 data to calibrated and navigated products (Level 1b)

• Assemble GRB data set
• Assemble Emulated GVAR (eGVAR) data sets
• Receive ancillary data files
• Process Level 1b data to Level 2/2+
– Product Sets 1 and 2 (baseline), and Product Sets 3 and 4 (Option #2)
• Send Level 1b, Level 2/2+ products and associated data to PD
• Provide a portable simulation capability for GRB data to test user
ingest and data handling systems (GRB Simulator)
• Maintain calibration database for the life-of-the-mission
• Monitor Product quality for Level 2/2+

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 Requirements Summary
Product Distribution
• Distribute GRB to the MM for Rebroadcast

• Distribute data and products (L1b, L2/2+) to operational users

– Translate products into appropriate formats
– Provide a GOES-R User Access Point for products (“GAS”)
– Deliver to 7-day store for User Access (“GAS”)

• Distribute selected data, products (L0, L1b, L2/L2+), ancillary data,

algorithms, and associated metadata to CLASS for long-term
archive

• Distribute emulated GOES Variable Format (eGVAR) to GOES-N

ground segment for RF transmission through GOES-N series
satellites

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 Requirements Summary
Enterprise Management

• Monitor and Report status on the entire GS

– All GS components (hardware and software)
– Networks
– Communication links and antenna operations
– Infrastructure

• Receive status from GS Elements

• Provide real time textual and graphical display of system

performance and status

• Monitor and maintain statistics on network status, system

resources, utilization, etc.

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 Requirements Summary
Enterprise Management (Continued)

• Identify anomalous conditions, correlate failures, initiate diagnostic

process

• Monitor and report primary and backup site functions, and the
interfaces to external systems

• Provide event status, tracking, and investigation

• Monitor and report enterprise IT security

• Control segment elements via Ground Directives from any site

– E.g., Antenna System

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 GOES-R GS External
Interfaces
Interface Name Summary of interface
(Org)
GAS Transfer of L2/L2+ and other data/products to the broad terrestrial user
(OSDPD) community. Product discovery, access, and distribution.
HRIT/EMWIN Transfer of HRIT data from OSDPD (at NSOF) to the GOES-R GS OSD
(OSDPD) (RF) function at Wallops and RBU for uplink.
Ancillary Data Transfer of Ancillary Data (relayed from the NWS or other agency) from
Relay System OSDPD to the GOES-R GS operational product generation element.
(OSDPD)
CLASS Transfer of L0, L1b, L2/L2+ and other data/products to CLASS for long-term
(OSD) archive.
GOES-N/O/P Transfer of select L1b data to GOES-N in “eGVAR” format to support legacy
(OSO) processing
DCS Transfer of DCS information to/from GOES-R OSD (RF) function at Wallops
(OSDPD) to support the DCS mission
AWIPS Transfer of sectorized cloud & moisture Imagery products to the National
(NWS) Weather Service’s Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System .
Space Segment Communications between the GS and the spacecraft.
(GOES-R)
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 Deliverables

• Three Releases have been established to support various program

review, test, and preparation activities.

– Release MM (GRD – 28 months) includes Mission Management

command and telemetry capabilities, installed and tested at the NSOF
site.

– Release 1 (GRD – 14 months) includes Mission Management,

Enterprise Management, Product Generation for Product Set 1, and
Product Distribution capabilities, installed, integrated, and tested across
the three operational sites.

– Release 2 (GRD – 8 months) includes all the capabilities of Release 1,

plus Product Set 2.

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 Government Furnished Property (GFP)
Summary
• Facilities at NSOF, WCDAS, and RBU
• Antennas (NSOF)
• Inter-site communications circuits
• Algorithms
• Test Data
• Simulators
• T&C Database
• Flight Software Development Environment
• Documentation, e.g.,
– Spacecraft T&C Handbook
– Instrument Calibration Databooks
– Security
• Common Anomaly Tracking System (CATS) Database

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 Transition to Operations

• Support for GOES-R GS transition to operations

• Operations and support documentation

– Handbooks
– Manuals
– Procedures

• Training for operators and maintenance personnel

• Input to Government user support activities

• Operations support including GOES-S Pre-launch and Launch

activities

• Support Post GOES-R Launch Testing

– September 2015 – June 2016

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 Transition to Operations
(Continued)

• Ensure Severity I and II DRs are closed prior to

acceptance

• Sustainment support
– Hardware
– Software
– Logistics

• A GS Acceptance Review will review Ground Segment

readiness for final acceptance by the Government
– July 2016

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 Program and Project
Implementation Milestones

Event Program Ground

Segment
Release MM Availability L – 28 months

System E-to-E Test 1 L – 24 months

System E-to-E Test 2 L – 21 months

System E-to-E Test 3 L – 18 months

Release 1 Availability L – 14 months

System E-to-E Test 4 L – 12 months

Release 2 Availability L – 8 months

System E-to-E Test 5 L – 3 months

GOES-R Launch Freeze L – 6 months

Ground Segment Authority to Operate (ATO) L – 3 months

GOES-R Launch 09/15

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 Summary

• GOES-R Ground Segment is critical to the success of

the GOES-R Program and the achievement of NOAA
environmental monitoring objectives.

• Additionally, GOES-R will be the subject of considerable

review both within the administration and in Congress.

• A strong working relationship between the GSP and the

Operating Units (OSO & OSDPD) is critical to GOES-R
success.

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