# Presentation: 190055

## NOAA-N PRIME RECOVERY EFFORTA NOAA Success StoryNOAA Mid-Level Retreat

- Gary Davis
- NOAA Satellites and Information Service
- August 24, 2005

## September 6, 2003

## NOAA N Prime Outline

- Background
- Recovery Methodology
- Recovery Options Considered
- Recommendations and Decision
- Negotiations w/ Contractor
- Results

## Purpose of the Way Forward Activities

- To ensure NOAA’s responsibility to provide continuous global environmental measurements given the N Prime accident

## POES Constellation 

**POES Constellation**

## Failure of these instruments is basis for launch call-up. 

|  | POES CORE MISSION REQUIREMENTS & SENSORS |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Instrument | POES Sensors | NPOESS Sensors |
| Measurements | Imagery | Vis/IR Imager | AVHRR | VIIRS |
|  | Sea Surface Temp. |  |  |  |
|  | Vegetation  |  |  |  |
|  | Snow/Ice Cover |  |  |  |
|  | Aerosols |  |  |  |
|  | Radiation Budget |  |  |  |
|  | Radiances | IR and Microwave sounders  | HIRS | CrIS |
|  | Temp. Profiles |  | AMSU-A | ATMS |
|  | Hum. Profiles |  | MHS |  |
|  | Hydrology Products |  |  |  |
|  | Total Ozone and Profiles | UV Backscatter Sensor | SBUV | OMPS |
|  | Space Weather | Space Environment Monitor | SEM | SESS |
| Services | Direct Readout |  | HRPT | HRD/LRD |
|  | Data Collection  |  | A-DCS | A-DCS |
|  | Search & Rescue |  | SARR/SARP | SARR/SARP |

**Failure of these instruments is basis for launch call-up.**

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## Gap between nominal end of life and launch availability date of next satellite

- Gap between a launch failure and earliest launch date of next satellite

## Baseline Program Plan

- NOAA-N Prime:
- Was last in current POES series
- Was to provide continuity of service until first NPOESS
- Planned delivery date was June 2005
- Three years of storage expected with periodic testing
- Planned launch date was June 2008

## Recovery Phases

_**Fact Finding Phase:**_ Grouped options into three categories:  Highly Feasible, Feasible, Not Feasible
- Team: NESDIS DAA, CFO, Director OSD, Polar Satellite Program and Acquisition Managers, NASA POES Project Manager, Director IPO, and others
_**Way Forward Phase:**_  Reviewed and approved reduced option set
- Team: NOAA DAAs, OGC rep, CIO, OFA rep, Mission Goal Team reps, NASA and DOD DAA equivalents, DOC CFO rep, DOC Acquisition rep, DMSP SPO rep, and Fact Finding Team
_**Joint Senior Evaluation Phase:**_  Recommends best options
- Team:  Senior representatives of DOC/NOAA, NASA, and DOD
_**Negotiation Phase: **_ Negotiate rebuild contract costs, schedule and performance
- Team:  Program Managers from DOC/NOAA, and NASA

## Way Forward Team (WFT) Methodology

**WFT Composition:  **members of** **DOC/NOAA, NASA, andDOD
**Study Assumptions for Cost and Schedule Purposes Only:**
- Must be available mid-2008 through 2010
- Meets as much of the NOAA-N Prime requirements as possible
- Spare instruments for NOAA-N Prime Recovery will take priority over use on Metop-3
- Repair or replacement of spacecraft components handled by NASA’s engineering and program management

## Way Forward Team (WFT) Methodology

**Defined replacement paths and options**
- No Replacement Path
- Repair NOAA-N Prime Path
- POES-Like Options
**Criteria for evaluation of paths and options**
**Mission Requirements (Measurements and Services):** Green-meets; Yellow-partially meets; Red-does not meet.
**Technical Feasibility** – No technical impediment exists for implementing an option with an acceptable level of risk.
**Schedule** - Needs to be available for service by mid 2008 (latest) and operate until first NPOESS launch plus 6 months.
**Cost **– Highest confidence in estimate**	****	**

## Recovery Options Considered

- Recovery Options Considered

_**No Replacement**_
**Global In Situ Network**
_**Repair NOAA-N PRIME**_
**Repair NOAA-N Prime**
_**POES-Like Options**_
**DMSP in Afternoon Orbit**
**POES Instruments on a DMSP Bus**
**Accelerate NPOESS**
**Build an NPOESS Lite**
**NPP in an Afternoon Orbit**
**Build an NPP Clone****	**
**POES Instruments on Another Bus**
**Metop-3 in an Afternoon Orbit**
**EOS (p.m.) Aqua**
**EOS (a.m.) Terra**
**POES Instruments on Space Station**
**Delay NOAA-N Launch**

## JSET Recommendation & NEC Decision

- JSET Recommendations – Rebuild NOAA-N Prime or Replace w/ NPP satellite in afternoon orbit
- Rebuild N prime:
- Maintained baseline program
- Replace w/ NPP
- Would provide advanced observing features, but limited services
- Would require a risk reduction platform to meet operational needs
- NEC Decision – Rebuild NOAA-N prime within existing budget

## Negotiations

- Negotiations proceeded between government and contractor during spring and summer of 2004.
- Contract modification signed September 29, 2004
- Contractor returned all fee earned on contract for satellites already delivered – will be applied to rebuild effort
- Contractor agreed to build to rebuild N prime with no future fee
- Spare components and recertified components would be used in rebuild
- N prime must be launched NLT December 31, 2007
- If this occurs, Lockheed is eligible to receive what’s left of unspent contingency pool

## Results

- Positives:
- Continuity of service in afternoon orbit assured though 2011.
- Planned funding to sustain POES continuity before and after accident remained unchanged
- Gap in coverage until first NPOESS launch is minimized.
- Negatives:
- Lost re-launch on failure capability

## NOAA-N on Turn Over Cart

- NOAA-N horizontal on the Turn Over Cart. (Looks much better than the last time this was attempted.)