Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
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: 2016-01-05 to 2017-01-31
Current total value of award: $134893.67
Description: SEETS II TASK ORDER ENTITLED "LANDSAT 9 SPACECRAFT/OBSERVATORY SUPPORT."  PACE/OCT MODERATE SPEED MECHANISMS BEARING SUPPORT.  THIS AEROSPACE CORPORATION (AEROSPACE) TASK IS IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANDSAT 9 SPACECRAFT / OBSERVATORY MISSION.  LANDSAT SATELLITES HAVE CONTINUOUSLY ACQUIRED MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGES OF THE GLOBAL LAND SURFACE SINCE THE LAUNCH OF LANDSAT 1 IN 1972.  THE LANDSAT DATA ARCHIVE CONSTITUTES THE LONGEST RECORD OF THE LAND SURFACE AS VIEWED FROM SPACE.  THE LANDSAT 9 MISSION OBJECTIVE IS TO EXTEND THE ABILITY TO DETECT AND QUANTITATIVELY CHARACTERIZE CHANGES ON THE GLOBAL LAND SURFACE AT A SCALE WHERE NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CAUSES OF CHANGE CAN BE DETECTED AND DIFFERENTIATED.  LANDSAT 9 DATA WILL SUPPORT A VARIETY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, LAND USE MAPPING/MANAGEMENT, POLAR ICE/GLACIER STUDIES, GEOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, COASTAL RESOURCES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.  THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (AEROSPACE) IS TASKED TO ASSIST IN PERFORMING REVIEW AND ANALYSIS USING ITS VAST ARRAY OF COST, SCHEDULE AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STUDIES AND DATABASES IN ORDER TO HELP PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION AND COST ESTIMATES FOR THE LANDSAT 9 SPACECRAFT.  THE DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED ARE TO PERFORM AN INDEPENDENT COST AND OBLIGATIONS ESTIMATE, PHASED BY FISCAL MONTH AND YEAR, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, INTEGRATION, AND EARLY OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF THE LANDSAT 9 SPACECRAFT / OBSERVATORY.  THE WORK ALSO INCLUDES ASSISTING IN EVALUATING TECHNICAL FINDINGS AND COST ESTIMATES RESULTING FROM LANDSAT 9 SPACECRAFT ACCOMMODATION STUDIES.  FURTHERMORE, THERE WILL BE A REVIEW AND AFTER THE REVIEW, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LANDSAT 9 DRAFT SPACECRAFT PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.  FINALLY, WORK WILL INCLUDE CONDUCTING SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ANALYSIS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS DURING LANDSAT 9 FORMULATION.  THE DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS AS DESIGNATED.