Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory

SNAPET TO 08 ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS

THE ATMOSPHERIC WAVES EXPERIMENT (AWE) IS PROPOSED BY THE UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (USURF) IN RESPONSE TO NASAS 2016 HELIOPHYSICS EXPLORERS MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT NNH12ZDA005O-HPEXMO. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DESCRIBES THE WORK TO BE CONDUCTED BY USURF DURING THE PHASE A (AWE) CONCEPT STUDIES. USURF SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES TO PRODUCE THE AWE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) THAT ENCOMPASSES: 1. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM OFFICE. 2. INSTRUMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING, INCLUDING INSTRUMENT MISSION ASSURANCE. 3. DESIGN OF A FLIGHT QUALIFIED AWE INSTRUMENT MEETING MISSION AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. 4. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE AWE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT SYSTEM. 5. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL FIELD OPERATIONS 6. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS, FLIGHT OPERATIONS. 7. DEVELOP PLANS FOR AND LEAD THE AWE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF RESULTING DATA PRODUCTS.USURF SHALL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE AWE SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE PHASE A SITE VISIT. USURF SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART DEFINING USURF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY. PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE USURF PI PROGRAM OFFICE AND THE NASA EXPLORERS PROGRAM OFFICE.. USURF SHALL DEVELOP A AWE INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND A AWE MISSION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT. USURF SHALL DEVELOP DETAILED BLOCK DIAGRAMS AND TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS. USURF SHALL CONDUCT IN-DEPTH INSTRUMENT-LEVEL REVIEWS OF THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT DESIGN. CONDUCT ESSENTIAL TRADE STUDIES, ANALYSES, MODELING AND SIMULATIONS TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENTS. USURF SHALL LEAD THE SCIENCE TEAM. USURF SHALL DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT-LEVEL TEST PLAN AND PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING FOR INTEGRATION AND TEST.

SDL PROPOSES TO DESIGN, BUILD, TEST, DELIVER, AND INTEGRATE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE AOS POLARIMETER DEVELOPMENT DURING PHASE A. THE SCOPE AND CAPABILITY OF THE ELECTRONICS DEVELOPED WILL BE PREDICATED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING. THE PROPOSED AOS VISIBLE CAMERA IS A CUSTOMIZED VERSION OF THE SDL DISC5.5+ CAMERA OFFERING ITS HIGH PERFORMANCE, FAST FRAMERATE, AND LOW NOISE PERFORMANCE IN ROLLING SHUTTER. SDL ANTICIPATES THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS DERIVED IN THE AOS PRE-PHASE A STUDY. THE AOS POLARIMETER BEING PROPOSED BY UMBC INCLUDES TWO SETS OF THREE DETECTORS, EACH WITH INTERFACING CAMERA ELECTRONICS. THE POLARIMETER INSTRUMENT ALSO INCLUDES A CALIBRATION SYSTEM. THE CAMERA ELECTRONICS AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM ARE CONTROLLED VIA INSTRUMENT CONTROL ELECTRONICS, WHICH INTERFACES WITH A POWER CONDITIONING ELECTRONICS BOARD AND PROVIDES THE INTERFACE WITH THE AOS SPACECRAFT BUS. SDL ASSUMES THE ALLOCATED STATEMENT OF WORK WILL INCLUDE THE BULK OF THE ELECTRONICS FOR THE AOS POLARIMETER. CAMERA ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWIR DETECTORS IS TO BE PROVIDED BY UMBC. SDL INTENDS TO PROVIDE THE FPGA AND BASIC INTERFACES, THE OPERATIONS, AND THE ALGORITHM TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE FPGA WHICH IS OWNED, DEVELOPED, AND IMPLEMENTED BY UMBC. SDL WILL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT AT THE END OF PHASE A.

SDL CAMERA ELECTRONICS BOX.

PROVIDE ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE STUDY, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, AND OPERATIONS OF SPACE FLIGHT, AIRBORNE, AND GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE FUTURE SPACE AND SCIENCE MISSIONS.