Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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: 2018-02-12 to 2025-12-31
Current total value of award: $4294911.13
Description: THE SUN RADIO INTERFEROMETER SPACE EXPERIMENT (SUNRISE) IS PROPOSED BY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (UM) IN RESPONSE TO NASAS 2016 HELIOPHYSICS SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DESCRIBES THE WORK TO BE CONDUCTED BY UM DURING THE PHASE A (SUNRISE) PROJECT...UM SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES TO PRODUCE THE SUNRISE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) THAT ENCOMPASSES:.1. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM OFFICE..2. INSTRUMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING, INCLUDING INSTRUMENT MISSION ASSURANCE..3. DESIGN OF A FLIGHT QUALIFIED SUNRISE INSTRUMENT MEETING MISSION AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS..4. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE SUNRISE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT SYSTEM..5. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL FIELD OPERATIONS.6. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS, FLIGHT OPERATIONS..7. DEVELOP PLANS FOR AND LEAD THE SUNRISE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF RESULTING DATA PRODUCTS..UM SHALL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE SUNRISE SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE PHASE A SITE VISIT..UM SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART DEFINING UM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY. PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UM PI PROGRAM OFFICE AND THE NASA EXPLORERS PROGRAM OFFICE...UM SHALL DEVELOP A SUNRISE INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND A SUNRISE MISSION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT..UM SHALL DEVELOP DETAILED BLOCK DIAGRAMS AND TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS..UM SHALL CONDUCT IN-DEPTH INSTRUMENT-LEVEL REVIEWS OF THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT DESIGN. CONDUCT ESSENTIAL TRADE STUDIES, ANALYSES, MODELING AND SIMULATIONS TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENTS..UM SHALL LEAD THE SCIENCE TEAM..UM SHALL DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT-LEVEL TEST PLAN AND PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING FOR INTEGRATION AND TEST..UM SHALL PREPARE A DETAILED INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE COVERING ALL MISSION PHASES, LISTING MAJOR MILESTONES AND INCLUDING A DEFINED CRITICAL PATH AND SCHEDULE RESERVES.