# Presentation: 195618

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

- July 15, 2008John DwyerUSGS LDCM Project Scientistdwyer@usgs.gov605-594-6060

## Topics

- Ground system development status
- USGS acquisition strategy status
- USGS LDCM Project Team update
- “High Volume User” survey results
- Long Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP) Development

## Ground System Development Status

- Participated in LDCM Mission Definition Review (MDR)
- Ground System received 5 Requests for Action (RFAs) - all have been closed
- Preliminary design work for elements (except MOE) in work
- Element PDR completed for the Collection Planning Activity Element (CAPE)
- All others Element PDRs planned for this summer (next slide)
- Ground System Preliminary Design Review targeted for early Dec 2008
- Significant progress made on LTAP-8 definition and algorithm development for Automated Cloud Cover Assessment (ACCA)
- Details will be covered in other presentations today

## Element PDR Plans

- Ground System PDR currently planned for December 2008
- Element PDR plans:

| Data Processing and Archive Segment | Date |
| --- | --- |
| Image Processing Element (IPE) PDR | 9/30/2008 |
| Infrastructure Element (IE) Spiral DR | 7/29/2008 |
| Storage and Archive Element (SAE) PDR | 8/21/2008 |
| User Portal Element (UPE) PDR | 7/30/2008 |

| Flight Operations Segment (FOS) | Date |
| --- | --- |
| Collection Activity Planning Element (CAPE) PDR | 4/08/2008  |
| Mission Operations Element (MOE) SRR | 7/25/2008      |
| Ground Network Element (GNE) PDR | 9/10/2008 |
| Mission Operations Element (MOE) PDR | 9/11/2008 |

*Actual dates are subject to concurrent mission activities or availability of panel members*

## USGS LDCM Procurement Status

- Ground system development and engineering support services contracts were awarded in March 2008
- Landsat Data Continuity Contract (LDCC) was awarded to SAIC
- EROS Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) was awarded to SGT
- Flight Ops Team (FOT) procurement: Source selection in process
- MOC Facility (at EROS): Facilities modification engineering and design work is in process and will complete by Oct 2008
- Construction contract is planned for FY2009

## USGS LDCM Project Team

_**Contactor Key**_
***     The Aerospace Corp**
****    Flight Ops Team (TBD)**
*****   LDCC (SAIC)**
****** TSSC (SGT)**

**LDCC Manager - Doug Jaton*****
**TSSC Manager – Willy McElroy******

**TSSC Engr - Jim Nelson******
**TSSC SE – Jason Williams******

**Project Scientist - John Dwyer**
**Scientist – M. Bouchardr******
**Cal/Val Lead - Ron Morfitt******

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

**Financial Analyst - Matt Nelson**
**Admin Assistant - Christine Madigan**
**CM - Ron Stumpf******

**USGS SE - Grant Mah**
**LDCC Lead - Joel Nelson*****

**USGS SE - Brian Sauer**
**LDCC Lead - Steve Zahn*****
**TSSC Lead - Dave Willard******

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

**GS Support Lead - Kari Wulf******
**Scheduler - Jay Ugofsky******

**Flight Operations Segment Manager**
**Steven Walters**

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

**Integration and Test Systems Engineer**
**Rodney Pater**

**FOT Lead - TBD****

**USGS HQ LRS Program**
**Bruce Quirk / Tim Newman**

**NASA LDCM Project Mgr**
**Bill Ochs**

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

**Technical Resource Manager**
**Dave Hair**

**Flight Systems Manager**
**Steve Walters (acting)**

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

**Chief Engineer**
**Tom Kalvelage**

## High Volume Data Distribution RFI

- Distributed through various email list servers
- Landsat Newsletter subscribers (Business Partners), AmericaView members, International Cooperators, Approximately 585+ individual recipients
- Response rate was low – 11 thus far (~2%)
- Google, Leica Geosystems, Sanborn, EGS Technologies
- DLR, INPE, and South Africa (ICs)
- US Fish & Wildlife Service (CA), NASA (WorldWind), U. Wyoming, TexasView
- MDA Federal and NGA did not respond
- Responses were free-form and with varying levels of detail
- Current response rate too low to draw meaningful conclusions
- Imply no issues or concerns? Too soon to get serious attention?

## Long Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP)

- A Request for Action (RFA) was issued at the CAPE SRR (January, 2008)
- The requirements to produce the LTAP-8 and cloud fraction files do not currently have a home.
- There are gaps in the Operations Concept Document where the inputs are assumed to originate from the USGS LDCM Science Office, but these have not been verified.
- Other assumptions include an identified successful ACCA score for each path/row, a priority schema, others?
- Elevated to the Mission Risk Management Board
- An LTAP Working Group was established to work the issues

## LTAP Action Plan

- An Action Plan was developed to close the RFA
- Statement of the Problem
- LTAP Working Group Charter
- Roles and Responsibilities
- USGS LDCM Science Office
- Landsat Science Team
- NASA Landsat Project Science Office
- Technical Approach
- Develop an algorithm description document (ADD) to define inputs, software components, decision rules and prioritization algorithm, and outputs
- Outcomes
- Confirmed that scope of work is accounted for and within CAPE development schedule and budget

## LTAP Working Group

- Members
- John Dwyer, Tom Loveland, Lazaros Oraiopoulos, Sam Goward, Darrel Williams, Rachel Headley, Jason Williams, Kevin Costinett, John Mahoney
- Convened via bi-weekly telecons late January – May
- Primary deliverables – algorithm description documents (ADDs)
- LTAP-7 capabilities will be translated into CAPE architecture to satisfy at-launch and OIV requirements
- LTAP-8 will consist of post-OIV enhancements based on Landsat 7 lessons learned and offline modeling scenarios
- Received LTAP-7 database and software from Landsat 7 MOC for analysis by CAPE developers and to assist with documenting current capabilities
- Sufficient progress has been made to remove LTAP issues from Mission RMB