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NASA report to the CCSDS Management Council

November 2009ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Mike KearneyNASA

256-544-2843

Mike.Kearney@nasa.gov

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Agenda

NASA CCSDS support Note – No NASA org update (no change)

Overall NASA program schedule (AMPM) Recent missions Upcoming missions Advanced Comm Technology Efforts

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NASA CCSDS ParticipationNASA Rapporteurs (lead representatives)

1.2 Security WG Howie Weiss Sparta1.3 Information Architecture WG Dan Crichton JPL1.4 SANA WG Kelvin Nichols MSFC1.5 Delta-DOR WG Jim Border JPL1.6 Time Code Format WG Ed Greenberg JPLXML SIG   Lou Reich GSFC/CSCRegistry/Repository SIG Dan Crichton JPL2.1 Data Archive Ingestion WG John Garrett GSFC2.2 Navigation WG Dave Berry JPL2.3 Info. Pack. & Registries WG Lou Reich GSFC/CSC2.4 S/C Mon + Control WG Lindolfo Martinez JSC2.5 Digital Repository Audit/Cert (RAC) WG John Garrett GSFC/CSC3.3 Service Mgmt. WG Erik Barkley JPL3.6 Cross Support Transfer Services WG Tim Ray GSFC3.7 Cross Support Architecture WG Fred Brosi JPL/GST4.1 Onboard Subnetwork Services WG Glenn Rakow GSFC4.3 Onboard Application Services WG Scott Burleigh JPL4.4 Onboard Wireless WG Kevin Gifford CU5.1 RF & Modulation WG Dennis Lee JPL5.2 Space Link Code/Sync. WG Victor Sank GSFC5.3 Multi/Hyper Data Compression WG Aaron Kiely JPL5.4 Space Link Protocols WG Greg Kazz JPL5.6 Ranging Working Group Steve Levitski GSFC5.8 High Rate Uplink WG Greg Kazz JPLLong Erasure Codes BOF Fabrizio Pollara JPLSpace Data Link Layer Security BOF Howie Weiss Sparta6.5 Asynch. Messaging Service WG Scott Burleigh JPL6.6 IP-over-CCSDS Links WG Greg Kazz JPL6.8 Delay Tolerant Networking WG Keith Scott JPL/Mitre6.9 Motion Imagery and Applications WG Rodney Grubbs MSFC6.10 Voice WG Michael Petersen JSC/LMIT

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Recent Missions

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Recent Missions - Ares 1-X Sucessful launch on Oct 28, 2009 2 minute powered flight, 6 min. total Splashdown 150 mi. downrange Parachute deployment problem

Booster damaged on impact

Successful shakedown flight, testing Ares design concepts

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Recent Missions - LCROSS

LCROSS impact on moon on 9 October Centaur stage impacted first while

“shepherd” vehicle recorded data Nine LCROSS instruments successfully

captured each phase of the impact sequence: the impact flash, the ejecta plume, and the creation of the Centaur crater

Centaur impact left crater 92 ft. (28 m) wide Plume of vapor and fine debris detected Spectrographic and other analysis is

underway.

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Recent Missions - Messenger Launch: August 3, 2004 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket Gravity assist flybys

Earth, August 2005; Venus, October 2006, June 2007; Mercury, January 2008, October 2008, September 2009

Enter Mercury orbit: March 2011. Mission Plan : Orbit for one Earth year, studying

Composition and structure of Mercury’s crust Topography and geologic history The nature of its thin atmosphere and active magnetosphere, The makeup of its core and polar materials

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Recent Missions - Spirit

Mars Rover Spirit has been operating on Mars for 69 mos. Became stuck in soft soil in Spring 2009. Light soil in image below was exposed after Spirit

attempted to free it’s wheels. Also battling memory problems

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Recent Missions - Opportunity

Ran across three meteorites laying on the ground within a few weeks of each other (700 meters apart)

Heading towards

Endeavour Crater

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Upcoming Missions

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Remaining Shuttle FlightsFlight Date Year Shuttle Crew size Duration Notes

STS-129 November 16 2009 Atlantis 6/7 ~11d ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2.

STS-130 February 4 2010 Endeavour 6 ~11d ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola.

STS-131 March 18 2010 Discovery 7 ~11dISS assembly flight Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo.

STS-132 May 14 2010 Atlantis 6 ~11dISS assembly flight 19A: Mini-Research Module 1. Final planned flight of Atlantis.

STS-134 July 29 2010 Endeavour 6 ~12dISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 4, ROEU, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Final planned flight of Endeavour.

STS-133 September 16 2010 Discovery 6 ~10d

ISS assembly flight ULF5, MPLM Leonardo, (to be left pemanently attached), ELC 3. Final flight of Discovery; final Shuttle flight of the program.

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Constellation Activities

An Orion crew module Ground Test Article at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Photo Credit: NASA

A demonstration test of the main parachute test equipment for the Orion crew exploration vehicle completed Oct. 2, 2009

Ground vibration test of the Orion Launch Abort System, August 2009

Orion flight test crew module - used for the Orion Pad Abort flight test starting early 2010

NASA conducted complete launch simulations of an Orion mission to ISS to verify operations tools and processes for Constellation Mission Ops. IMSim (Integrated Mission Simulation), gave a networked system of high

fidelity “physics” simulations, performed the real time launch and ascent simulation and post insertion burn.

The DON (Distributed Observer Network) distributed the IMSim visualizations to remote team members and saved them for playback later.

Both tools are part of the Constellation Modeling and Simulation Team (MaST).

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TDRSS Fleet Update Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRSS K/L)

Procurement for two replenishment s/c functionally equivalent to TDRSS series 2 (H,I,J)

Launch date: TDRSS K April 2012 TDRSS L April 2013 TDRSS Fleet Status

Preparations underway to retire F-1 after 26 years of service

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Advanced Comm Technology efforts

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LADEE Optical Comm Demonstration ~ 201210/31/2008

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LADEE Terrestrial Photon-Counting Array Rx

Orbital terminal• Inertial-stabilization• Fully-gimbaled • Low size, weight, & power design

Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Will characterize the lunar atmosphere and lunar dust environment.Will demonstrate optical comm technology

Orbiter-to-Earth Laser Communications• 622 Mbps downlink (O-E)• 16 Mbps uplink (E-O)• Sub-cm ranging

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Software Defined Radio Testbed on ISS

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SCAN Testbed is located on the ISS port (P3) ELC, mounted on the starboard side of the P3 ELC on the zenith/ram corner.

HTV Launch to ISS in 2011

SCaN on-orbit Testbed consist of:• Three Software Defined Radios• Ka-Band Capability• S-band Capability• GPS Experiment Testbed