SMOV Proposal Process
Initial Submission through Flight
George Chapman
Merle Reinhart
Tony Roman
February 21, 2001
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Overview
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Proposal Implementation Team (PIT)
The PIT Process
PIT Schedule
The Proposal – Phase 2 Tips
Beyond the PIT
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Proposal Implementation Team
(PIT)
• A group of experts that meet to develop and
implement proposals fast, safely and
efficiently
• Compressed timeline for SMOV benefits
from a focused group
• Try to accomplish via one or two meetings
per proposal (more if necessary)
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The PIT Process
• Proposal Submission
– best attempt at converting Activity Summary
into a proposal
– no later than deadline (earlier is better)
• Proposal Processing
• PIT meeting #1
– proposal reviewed in detail
– modifications identified
– special implementation needs identified
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The PIT Process (cont’d)
• Modifications & Resubmission
– no later than deadline (earlier is better)
• Proposal Processing
• PIT meeting #2 (if needed)
– verify expected modifications
– final review of proposal and ancillary products
– approval to process to flight ready state
• If necessary, PIT meeting #3
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The PIT Schedule
Submission
Deadline
PIT Meeting #1
5 Working Days
Resubmission
Deadline
10+
working
days
PIT Meeting #2
5 Working Days
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The Proposal – Phase 2 Tips
• Use Web version of proposal for any changes
– http://www.stsci.edu/public/propinfo.html
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Good, Detailed Descriptions
Include Related Activity Summary Ids
Include prerequisite Proposal Ids
Default for SMOV is SCHED 100%
Absolute Time constraints should be used only for
visits with alternate targets
• SMOV3B is to be tagged as Cycle 10
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The Proposal – Phase 2 tips (cont’d)
Contingency Planning
• Each Phase 2 should allow for a launch
shift of at least plus or minus 1 month
• Use the ON HOLD special requirement on
conditional visits
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The Proposal – Phase 2 Tips (cont’d)
Expedited Data Flow
• If data is needed in a timeline fashion for analysis,
then this needs to be explicitly mentioned in the
visit comments.
– Data to the PI within 12 hours of visit completion.
– Data to the PI within 20 hours of visit completion.
– Data to the PI within 32 hours of visit completion.
• These numbers assume ~8 hours of processing
after the data is downlinked from the spacecraft
until the data is available to the PI.
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The Expedited Dataflow
Spacecraft
SSR
Engineering Dump
<1 hr. to <~12 hrs.
CCS-IN
~2-4 hrs.
CCS
CCS-OUT
Science Dump
<1hr. to <~12 hrs.
Science
RealTime
PACOR-IN
PACOR-IN
RealTime
<<1 hr.
Quicklook
<2 hrs.
Production
<~4 hrs.
PACOR-OUT
PACOR-OUT
PACOR-OUT
OPUS-IN
OPUS-IN
OPUS-IN
24 48 hrs.
OPUS-IN
~1 hr.
<1 hr.
OPUS-OUT
~3 hrs.
OPUS-OUT
PACOR
OPUS
OPUS-OUT
DADS-IN
Extraction from
Warehouse
FTP
<1 hr.
FTP
<1 hr.
FTP
<1 hr.
<~1 hr.
DADS
STARVIEW
<1 hr.
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PI
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Beyond the PIT
• Process proposal through flight ready
• Schedule first 4-weeks of SMOV and provide
products for review before launch
– First 4-weeks flight ready by launch minus eight weeks
– Representative calendars are built assuming a nominal
launch date and without normal science visits (SMOV
only)
– Provides feedback into the overall SMOV Timeline
– Provides necessary input for the LRP
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Beyond the PIT (cont’d)
• After launch, the SMOV and Operational
databases are merged and the LRP rebuilt
• Visits are set flight ready during week T-5
• Appropriate flight calendar requirements
are defined during week T-4
• Flight calendar building begins at week T-3
• Execution
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Proposal Processing
• Notification of submission - verify this is
what is expected
• Preprocessor - checks for syntax errors and
changes since last version, Assist Database
is loaded
• Trans/CASM - creates the structure within
the visits and links between the visits
• PMDB Load - loads the data into the
Proposal Management DataBase
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Proposal Processing (cont’d)
• Obset Update - computes and propagates pointing
information and validates SI/SI detector state reqs
• GS Request - searches for suitable guide stars
• Visit Update - calculates windows and prepares
the visit data for calendar construction
• Spike - computes overall schedulability of the
visits
• PIT Galleyproof - email to PIT members
indicating products ready for upcoming PIT
meeting
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