# Presentation: 833976

## Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) USGS Project Status Report

- January 8, 2008Mike HeadleyUSGS LDCM Project Managerheadley@usgs.gov605-594-2644

## Topics

- Ground system development status
- Ground System Requirements Review (GSRR) results
- USGS acquisition strategy status
- International Cooperator participation in LDCM

## LDCM Architecture Overview

## Ground System Development Status

- Held the Ground System Requirements Review (GSRR) on Sept 26-27
- First major, independent review for the LDCM Ground System
- Reviewed Segment level operations concepts and requirements
- Described approach and schedule for managing, implementing, and testing the LDCM Ground System to reach operations readiness
- Received only 17 Requests For Action (RFAs) – i.e. “action items”
- Currently developing the ops concepts and requirements for each ground system element & holding element SRRs through March 2008
- Preliminary design work for some elements has already commenced
- Ground System Preliminary Design Review targeted for Sept 2008

## GSRR RFAs of Interest

- Planned data distribution volume may be too low at 1250 scenes/day
- Resolution:  Update our sizing analysis to show that 1250 scenes/day with a 10X expandability requirement is sufficient
- L0R should be added as a standard data product
- Resolution:  Developed an estimate and proposed addition of a requirement to distribute 100 L0R scenes per day as a second “standard” product
- Reprocessing requirements need examination
- Resolution:  Adopted an “on-demand” processing approach that limits required reprocessing
- Sizing of the online disk cache of L1T data needs better definition
- Resolution:  Defined data cache sizing as a configurable design choice along with implementing an “on-demand” processing approach
- On-line data access performance requirements need refining
- Resolution:  Establish element level requirements to document expected performance of online data access and download mechanisms

## USGS LDCM Procurement Status

- Ground antenna / network services procurements planned for mid 2008
- Flight Ops Team (FOT) procurement RFP release planned for Q1 2008 with a contract award in Q3 2008
- MOC Facility (at EROS): Facilities modifications planned in 2008/9
- Remainder of ground system being procured through separate contracts in late 2007 / early 2008
- Landsat Data Continuity Contract (LDCC)
- EROS Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC)

## International Cooperator Interest in LDCM

- USGS provided ICs a questionnaire soliciting interest in LDCM
- Several ICs responded
- Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, ESA, Germany (DLR) Japan (HIT - Hiroshima Institute of Tech.), Japan – RESTEC,   South Africa, Thailand
- _All_ expressed interest in continuing as ICs into the LDCM era
- All prefer to receive LDCM data via a direct downlink
- Some expressed interest in also receiving L1T data via the internet
- Many ICs desire having control over the processing “recipe”
- Good support for thermal imaging expressed
- Questions asked about IC role in LDCM scene collection priorities

## USGS LDCM Project Organization

- _Contactor Key_
-    * EROS TSSC (SAIC)
-    ** The Aerospace Corp
-    *** Flight Ops Team (TBD)

- TSSC Manager - Doug Jaton*

- TSSC Chief Engr - Jim Nelson*

- Project Scientist - John Dwyer
- Principal Scientist - Dave Meyer*
- Cal/Val Lead - Ron Morfitt*

**Landsat Science **
**Team Manager**
- Dr. Tom Loveland

- Financial Analyst - Kim Allington
- Admin Assistant - Christine Madigan
- CM - Ron Stumpf*
- CPIC / Risk Lead - Gregg Johnson*

- USGS SE - To Be Hired
- FOS Lead - Dave Willard*
- FOS SE - Jason Williams*

- USGS SE - To Be Hired
- DPAS Lead - Dave Willard*
- DPAS SE - Dan Akkerman*

- I&T Lead - John Olson*

**Int’l Ground Station Network Manager**
- Steve Labahn

- GS Support Lead - Kari Wulf*
- Scheduler – Jay Ugolfsky*

**Flight Operations Segment Manager**
- Steven Walters

**Data Processing and Archive Segment Manager**
- Karen Zanter

**Integration and Test Systems Engineer**
- To Be Hired

- FOT Lead - TBD***

**USGS HQ LRS Program**
- Bruce Quirk / Ray Byrnes

**NASA LDCM Project Mgr**
- Bill Ochs

**LDCM Project Manager**
- Mike Headley
**Development Manager**
- Tom Hays

**Chief Engineer**
- Tom Kalvelage

**Technical Resource Manager**
- Dave Hair

**Flight Systems Manager**
- Ron Smilek

**GS Integration Lead**
- Doug Daniels**