Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Program Overview
Presented to
Goddard Contractors Association
November 17, 2010
Arlin Bartels
Deputy Project Manager
JPSS Flight Project
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Program Overview
● JPSS will be NASA/NOAA’s next generation of polar
Earth observing science data satellites
– Maintain continuity of climate observations and critical
environmental data from the polar orbit
– Increase timeliness and accuracy of severe weather event
forecasts
– Provide advanced imaging capability to analyze fires,
volcanoes, Gulf oil tracking and other adverse incidents
– Provide advanced atmospheric temperature, moisture and
pressure profiles from space
– Direct broadcast data to field terminals at hour scale latency
JPSS 1 Satellite
(NPP-clone)
JPSS Launch Readiness Date
JPSS 1 -2015, JPSS 2 - 2018
Program Architecture
2 Satellites (JPSS 1 & JPSS 2); 5 year operational
design life
Program Operational Life
FY 2015 – FY 2026
Program Life-cycle FY 2011 President’s Budget*
$11.9 billion
* Program fully funded by DOC/NOAA
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Program Overview
(cont’d)
● Administration decision on restructuring NPOESS announced in
early February 2010
● NOAA/DOD leadership agree to cooperate to ensure a smooth
transition – Acquisition Decision Memorandum signed March
2010
● NOAA/NASA management of JPSS Space Segment (PM Orbit)
and shared Ground System with DOD
● Mid and early-AM orbits covered by EUMETSAT and remaining
DOD/DMSP platforms
● Agencies will share data from each orbit to meet the national
need for weather and climate information
● JPSS Space Segment to deliver most planned NPOESS
observations for PM orbit
● Continue plan for operational use of NPP data (PM orbit)
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Program Overview (cont’d)
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GSFC is performing work on a reimbursable basis for NOAA
JPSS Satellites operate in 13:30 (LTAN) orbital plane only
Period of development/operations: through FY 2026
Launch Readiness Dates: FY 2015 and FY 2018
Maximum Data latency of 80 minutes at IOC and 30 minutes by
FOC; 15 minute objective
● International partners provide some space segment components
and/or data
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
DoD option to
move to am orbit
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Joint SYSTEM
Polar Satellite(JPSS)
System Program
JOINT POLAR SATELLITE
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
Code 470
Code 470
Public Affairs
Office
C. O’Carroll
Senior Scientist for
JPSS
J. Gleason
JPSS PROGRAM OFFICE
Associate Director/Program Manager for JPSS
Preston M. Burch
Deputy Senior
Scientist for JPSS
VACANT
J. Buswell – Program Secretary
Deputy Associate Director/Deputy Program Manager
for JPSS
Liz Citrin
Deputy Program Manager/Technical for JPSS
Mark Brumfield
Chief Engineer
A. Whipple
Safety & Mission
Assurance Mgr
M. Delmont
JPSS Program Business Manager
Linda Greenslade
Deputy Program Business Manager
Margaret Pavlik
Resources and
Technical Support
VACANT
Code 472
JPSS FLIGHT PROJECT
Project Manager
C. Tooley
Deputy Project Manager
P. Sullivan
Deputy Project Manager
A. Bartels
Deputy Project Manager/Resources
TBD
NOAA-NASA Liaison Manager
J. Morris
MA Lead for Transition
Financial
Spacecraft CSO
Project Management
Instruments CSO
Contracts
Inst. Systems Mgr.
JPSS Observatory Mgr
Procurement
Manager
S. Marshall
Code 474
JPSS GROUND PROJECT
Project Manager
D. Devito
Deputy Project Manager for O&S
T. Zeiler
Chief Engineer
T. Trenkle
JPSS-1 Mission SE
P. Weinberger
Deputy Project Manager for Dev/I&T
J. Smith
Mission SE & SME
Team
Deputy Project Manager/Resources
G. Gaukler
Financial Mgr.
Mission System
Engineering
Project Support Mgr.
S/W Management
Mission Assurance
Customer Liaison
Security
Mission Management
Deputy ISM
LV Interface Mgr.
CrIS IM
OMPS IM
VIIRS IM
ATMS IM
I&T/Early Flt Ops Mgr.
Command Control
Comm. Segment
Interface Data
Proc. Segment
Mission
Operations
Field Terminals
Data Product Eng.
Preston M. Burch, Acting Associate Director/Program Manager for JPSS
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-- P R E L I M I N A R Y --
Data Products &
Algorithms
Date
October 12, 2010
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Space Segment
● Designed for operation in afternoon orbit with a 13:30 LTAN
● Launch readiness date of January 2015 and January 2018
● Compatible with existing and future polar ground sites
(Svalbard, McMurdo) and Ka ground sites at mid latitudes
● Instrument complement includes
– VIIRS, ATMS, CrIS, OMPS, CERES or ERBS
● Spacecraft
– Clone of NPP bus
● EELV is launch vehicle
– Likely Atlas V or Falcon 9
● JPSS also accommodates:
– TSIS Instrument on Free Flyer Spacecraft
– SARSAT and A/DCS communication services on Free Flyer Spacecraft
(TBC)
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Space Segment
Payload Complement
Sensors for JPSS 1
LRD 1/2015
Sensors for JPSS 2
LRD 1/2018
Instruments
VIIRS
CrIS
X
X
X
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ATMS
X
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OMPS Limb/Nadir
CERES
ERBS
Nadir Only
X
Nadir and Limb
TSIS
X (TBD Platform)
X (TBD Platform)
Search & Rescue
X (TBD Platform)
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Data Collection
Low Rate Broadcast
High Rate Broadcast
X (TBD Platform)
(TBD)
X
X (TBD Platform)
X
X
X
Services
* Note: Maintain as option against future VIIRS development problems
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Sensitive & Pre-Decisional Information
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS-1 Based on NPP Design
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Instruments
● Advanced Technology Microwave
Sounder (ATMS) and Cross-track
Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
– Provide profiles of temperature,
moisture, and pressure
ATMS
CrIS
● Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer
Suite (VIIRS)
– Provides daily high-resolution imagery
and radiometry across the visible to
longwave infrared spectrum
● Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
VIIRS
(OMPS)
– UV and IR bands for ozone total
column measurements
● Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant
Energy System (CERES)
OMPS
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CERES
– Supports studies of Earth Radiation
Budget
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Ground Segment
● Command, Control, Communication Segment (C3S)
– Includes MCC at NOAA/NSOF, Svalbard, McMurdo and Ka sites
– Deployed for NPP, augmentation required for JPSS satellites
– Capacity and flexibility to operate future DOD polar-orbiting satellites in
morning orbit(s)
● Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS)
– Includes all hardware and software to process and disseminate data from
satellites
– Provides NPP and JPSS data and products to NOAA and DOD Centrals,
to NOAA’s Archives and to NASA’s SDS (for NPP)
• Presently Deployed for NPP at NOAA and AF Centrals, augmentation will be
required for JPSS satellites
• Deployed at Navy Central(s) for JPSS satellites
● Field terminal – Direct Transmission
– Develop prototype system (h/w & s/w) for deployment by agencies and
individual users
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Mission System Architecture
GPS
Space
Segment
TDRSS
CERES
PEATE
NPP
WSC
LEO & A
Backup T&C
Command,
Cntrl & Comm
Segment
Direct
Broadcast User
AFWA
Central
NESDIS
Central
Science Data
Segment
I/F Data Proc
Segment
Data Del
GSE - Svalbard
Primary T&C
NPP SMD
Data Del
I&TSE
Ocean
PEATE
NICSE
Ozone
PEATE
Atmos
PEATE
SD3E
Sounder
PEATE
DQM
Infra
Infra
Data Mgt
Data Mgt
Ingest
Launch
Support
Segment
NSOF Mission
Mgmt Center Suitland
Ingest
GRAVITE /
NSIPS
Archive &
Dist Segment
Data
Handling
Node
Archive
Interchange
Data Routing & Retrieval
Robotic
Storage
CERES
Instrument
Ops Team /
System - LaRC
Key:
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Land
PEATE
NPP Mission Data
Command and Telemetry
Ingest
Datastore
Inventory
Archiver
Climate User
Community
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
Command, Control, and
Communications Segment (C3S)
NSOF Operations
Floor occupied for
NPOESS State 1
C3S Segment Features
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Satellite Operations & Mission
Management
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Space/Ground
Communications
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Global Mission Data Receive
Network
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Data Routing/Retrieval
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Enterprise Management
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Builds directly upon the system
designed and deployed for
State 1
NOAA Satellite Operations
Facility (NSOF)
NPOESS Satellite T&C
Station at Svalbard, Norway
Black Island, Antarctica
Upgrades for NPOESS
data relay
SafetyNet™ Ground Network to
provide rapid Mission Data Receipt
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
Interface Data Processing/Field Terminal
Segments (IDPS/FTS)
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Processes Sensor data into RDRs, SDRs and
EDRs
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Delivers data to Users
Interface Data Processing Segment
State 1 IDPS Racks
installed at NESDIS
– 4 Centrals at NESDIS, AFWA, FNMOC, NAVO
– CLASS data archive
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Supports mission requirements with high
performance and fast processing to meet
operational latency
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Modular, Extensible, Flexible
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Field Terminal – based on technologies
developed by GSFC Direct Readout
Laboratory
State 1 IDPS Racks at
AFWA
State 2/3 adds IDPS deployment to FNMOC
and NAVO Centrals in addition to refresh of
existing State 1 IDPS at NESDIS and AFWA
Field Terminal Segment
IDPS State 2/3 Builds on State 1
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
Ground Station Sites
Calculated 5 degree elevation coverage circles of current sites
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Operations and Sustainment
● At NSOF i.e. “NOAA Central”
– Operate NPP, JPSS, and DWSS satellites
– Operations transition from JPSS-led to NOAA-led at start of nominal
operations
– Operate future DoD polar-orbiting metsats; deliver raw data to IDPS
at DoD Centrals
– Operate and sustain C3S and IDPS for life of program
– Conduct initial and recurring Cal/Val
– Support all NOAA Field Terminal users and maintain the registration
data base and key management center for all other users
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Transition Approach
● Acquisition authority delegated to NASA GSFC for PM orbit and
ground system
– Governance model per NMI 7120.5
– NASA becomes the Systems Integrator
● NPOESS PEO/IPO facilitates transition
– To date, transition has been as transparent to ongoing work as practical
● Transferred work on Instruments/Ground System via GSFC letter
contracts
● Standard contracts now in place for Ground, CrIS, OMPS, and
Spacecraft
– Remaining: VIIRS, ATMS, and long term 1394 support
● JPSS Program/Project Organizations defined and staffing is
underway
● NPP Project will remain with the Earth Sciences Program at GSFC
● JPSS and NPP Organizations are being collocated in GSFC
Building 40 (former Greentech IV Building) this week
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
Summary
● JPSS will be a critical element in maintaining NOAA/NASA climate
knowledge continuity from the afternoon orbit
● JPSS will improve weather forecasting and knowledge of transient
Earth events
● JPSS will provide time-critical weather information for DoD and
other personnel
● On behalf of NOAA, GSFC leads a large team of industrial partners
to make this happen
● JPSS will continue to maintain a close collaborative relationship
with DoD both during the NPOESS transition and throughout the
mission
● To lessen programmatic risk, JPSS-1 is baselined as a clone of NPP
● JPSS provides the ground segment for the DoD DWSS Mission as
well as the JPSS satellites
● Although moving offsite to Building 40, JPSS is still a fully-GSFC
organization
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Joint Polar Satellite System Program
JPSS Acronym List
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AA
Associate Administrator
ADCS
Advanced Data Collection System
AFWA
Air Force Weather Agency
AHRPT
Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission
AMSR2
Advanced Microwave Scanning radiometer 2
ATMS
Advanced Technology Microware Sounder
CERES
Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System
CLASS
Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship System
CPD
Capabilities Production Document
CrIS
Cross-Track Infrared Sounder
CS
Civil Servant
C3S
Command, Control, and Communications Segment
DoD
Department of Defense
DUS
Deputy Under Secretary
EDR
Environmental Data Record
ERBS
Earth Radiation Budget Suite
FOC
Final Orbital Capability
FT
Field Terminal
FTEs
Full Time Equivalents
FTS
Field Terminal Segment
GCOM
Global Changing Observation Mission
GOES-N
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - N
GS
Ground System
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
HQ
Headquarters
HRD
High Rate Data
I&T
Integration & Test
ICD
Interface Control Document
IDPS
Interface Data Processing Segment
IOC
Initial Orbital Capability
IORD-II
Integrated Operational Requirements Document - II
JASD
Joint Agency Satellite Division
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JPSS
Joint Polar Satellite System
LRD
Launch Readiness Date
LRD
Low Rate Data
MMC
Mission Management Center
MOU
Memorandum Of Understanding
NG
Northrop Grumman
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service
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NGAS
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
NGST
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS
National Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System
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NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Project
NSOF
NOAA Satellite Operations Facility
OMPS
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
OSD
Office of Systems Development
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
PMC
Program Management Council
RDR
Raw Data Record
SARSAT
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
SDE
Selective Data Encryption
SDR
Science Data Record
SDS
Science Data Segment
SMA
Safety and Mission Assurance
SMC
Space and Missile Systems Center
SMD
Science Mission Directorate
T&C
Telemetry & Command
TSIS
Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
USAF
United States Air Force
VIIRS
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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