Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2015-11-17 to 2016-09-30
Current total value of award: $97620
Description: ICE, CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE-2 (ICESAT-2) STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) 2016 THE ICESAT-2 MISSION IS A PROJECT WITHIN THE EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (ESD) OF NASAS SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD), AND IS MANAGED BY NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC).  ICESAT-2 ENABLES SCIENTISTS TO STUDY EARTHS ICE SHEETS, SEA ICE, AND VEGETATION.  ICESAT-2 EMPLOYS A DEDICATED SPACECRAFT WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED INTO A NEAR-POLAR ORBIT ON AN EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE.  THE ICESAT-2 INSTRUMENT IS A MICRO-PULSE, MULTI-BEAM LASER WITH A PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR.  THE MEASUREMENTS WILL BE ACQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS, AND A COMPREHENSIVE VALIDATION PROGRAM WILL BE USED TO ASSESS RANDOM ERRORS AND REGIONAL BIASES IN THE PRODUCTS DERIVED TO SATISFY THE LEVEL 1 REQUIREMENTS.  ICESAT-2 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A CATEGORY 1 PROJECT.  THE SRB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF THE PROJECT.  INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF PROJECTS ARE CONDUCTED AT DEFINED LIFECYCLE MILESTONES AND ARE USED TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE PROJECTS PROGRESS AGAINST THE PROJECT PLAN, ITS READINESS TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT LIFECYCLE PHASE, COMPLIANCE WITH NPR 7120.5E AND NPR 7123.1B REQUIREMENTS.   THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO OBTAIN THE SRB CHAIR THROUGH THE END OF FY16, ALLOWING CHAIRMANSHIP DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PREPARATION FOR AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ICESAT-2 PROJECT LIFE CYCLE REVIEWS (LCRS), STARTING WITH THE SYSTEM INTEGRATION REVIEW (SIR).