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: 2015-11-03 to 2018-12-31
Current total value of award: $368292
Description: NASA-ISRO (NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION) SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR MISSION (NI-SAR)(NASA INDIAN) STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) SUPPORT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NI-SAR MISSION IS TO UNDERSTAND:  THE RESPONSE OF ICE SHEETS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE INTERACTION OF SEA ICE AND CLIMATE THE DYNAMICS OF CARBON STORAGE AND UPTAKE IN WOODED, AGRICULTURAL, WETLAND, AND PERMAFROST SYSTEMS THE LIKELIHOOD OF EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND LANDSLIDES.  NI-SAR IS A DIRECTED MISSION TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ISRO).  IT IS PLANNED TO BE LAUNCHED, USING A GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE (GSLV MARK-II), PROVIDED BY ISRO, FROM A LAUNCH-SITE IN INDIA.  PRIMARY MISSION OPERATION IS PLANNED FOR 3 YEARS.  NI-SAR IS A CATEGORY 2 PROJECT (NPR 7120.5E)&INSTRUMENT RISK CLASS C (NPR8705.4).   THE SRB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF THE PROGRAM.  INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF PROGRAMS 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 AND SRB MEMBERS TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT LCRS OF THE NI-SAR PROJECT.