December Monthly Status Review (MSR) SCaN Testbed David Irimies, Project Manager January 18,

GRC Project Manager: MSC/David Irimies Chief Engineer: DT/Josh Freeh Safety & Mission Assurance Lead: Q/Rick Plastow NASA Customer: SCaN Program/John Rush Key Contractor(s): SpaceDOC/ZIN, GESS/Vantage Project Mission Statement: SCaN Testbed is an advanced communications lab facility installed on ISS, which provides the opportunity to develop and advance communications, navigation, and networking technologies in the dynamic operational environment of space Develop and demonstrate experiments on ISS that will advance the TRL of Software Defined Radios (SDR) and the Space Telecommunications Radio Standard (STRS) in support of future NASA missions Project Life Cycle Schedule (Governing NPR ) HTV Docked to ISS Flight System in TVAC SCaN Testbed Project MilestonesSRRIVRPDRCDRPh III Safety SARORRLaunchOpsOn-Orbit Expts ReturnFinal Report Actual/ Baseline 5/200810/20089/20094/201008/201110/20116/20127/2012Inc. 32=>01/2013N/A Installed onto ISS ELC GRC Scope:  The SCaN Testbed project is defined as the development, integration and on-orbit execution of experiments, as well as the operations and maintenance of the SCaN Testbed.  Project closeout will occur no earlier than 2018, or upon Program direction, with SCaN Testbed decommissioning, disposal, and final documentation. Rev 12/31/13

SCaN Testbed Master Schedule Overview Rev 1/13/13

On-Orbit Accomplishments TDRS HIJ Auto-tracking Issue Resolved Antenna Pointing System (APS) Commissioning Re-started, made significant progress –The ops team averaged over three events a day and the APS algorithm appears to be robust. –APS ops to continue thru January STB has proven value in advancing TRL of SDR technology STB has proven value in vetting operational SN assets (TDRS HIJ auto- track) STB plans to further prove value in vetting operational SN assets – TDRS-K, then TDRS-L and TDRS-M and SGSS in out-years 4

Experiments 1a and 1b (GD and JPL S-band SDR Technology Advancement) –1a (GD): 1st BER Curve completed on ISS - looks great! (see next chart) Completed Verification Test Review (VTR) for GD Commissioning on 12/11/12 –1b (JPL): Completed ~40 S-band captures in support of JPL EM characterization report. Still working on the post-processing algorithm. Experiment 2 (S- and Ka-band SDR Technology Advancement) –Completed Verification Test Review (VTR) for Harris Commissioning on 12/11/12 –Drafted procedures for Commissioning Tests Experiment 3 (Baseline Networking & Routing) –Developed experiment plan and detailed execution/development schedule, currently in Project review –Experimental Front End Processor to Experiment #3 Gateway Interface drawings completed and distributed for review Experiments Status

First On-Orbit GD BER Curve Good replicate of ground data 6 6

Experiment 6 (Bandwidth Efficient, High-Rate WF at Ka-Band) –Constructed interface (connectors, cabling and a few parts) for Experiment 6 to connect to the Harris breadboard in the Technology Verification Lab (SDR lab) –Creating an experiment plan to address future development and operations –Placed several procurements for experiment development support equipment. –Precursor to Cognitive Expt #15 in out years SBIR Experiment 8 (SBIR Phase 2) –CommLargo awarded a SBIR-2 to continue developing scintillation-hardened GPS for STB (open source GPS) Experiments Status 7

General Experiment Support Activities Experiment Support for JPL GPS Experiment #4 –JPL PI reviewed initial Ground Integration Unit (Engr. Model) L5 GPS captures and has identified a concern on the L5 signal – appears lower than expected. –The GRC STB team troubleshot the L5 signal level on the GIU GPS L5 GPS signal was about 20db less than the L1 and L2 GPS signals at the GIU –JPL PI specified alternative L5 antenna and support equipment, which STB generated work order, process plan and CR Completed the following documents for project review (RRB Milestones): – JPL EM Characterization Report (RPT-0952) – Harris FM Databook (RPT-0950) – see plot on next chart – GD EM Characterization Report (RPT-0954) Working on antenna characterization post-processing routines. Restarted WSC SDR work –New GSFC lead and technical team members fully staffed and on board –WSC SDRs that will be delivered at GRC and WSC will be long-term solution to receiving direct C/No measurements –Rework schedule for the delivery of the radios to GSC and WSC – delivery to GRC and WSC by end of FY13 8

9 Harris GIU Char vs Flight WF ID 340: 12.5 Mbps, uncoded

TDRS-K Checkout (Expt 25a) Completed review and baselined Experiment Plan – both STB and TDRS-K projects – TDRS-K Launch set for 1/29/13 Expt 25a Overview: -Program track / autotrack on both STB and TDRS-K -Demonstrate that TDRS-K can acquire and successfully autotrack a Ka-band user in low Earth orbit. -This will be the first test of autotrack service with an orbiting customer during in-orbit checkout -Provide test-as-you-fly data not captured in the L5 autotrack test procedures executed by Boeing -STB offers unique in-orbit Ka-band user to verify KaSA services and autotrack requirements that are called out in TDRS-K Test Plan 10

General Accomplishments & Outreach Briefed SCaN Program on CoNNeCT Lessons Learned and Cost Performance Staffed the SCaN Testbed booth at NASA Technology Days (11/28 – 11/30) Wireless Innovation (SDR) Forum: Keynote address, STRS subtopic, 2 technical presentations, Washington, DC – January 7-10, 2013 –Rich Reinhart, Keynote Speaker –Jennifer Nappier, Paper/presentation on GD Automatic Gain Control work –Sandra Johnson, STB / STRS sessions and staffing STB booth 11

Technical Issues in Work STB Front End Processor (SFEP) Anomaly – Critical Path in Comm’n –Progress: identified root cause (interface between WSC SFEP and WSC Low Rate Data Switch) –Verifying operational workaround –Established decision gate and timing of decision for fixing root cause –versus– executing operational workaround Pre-Commissioning dry-run (on-orbit) and planning activities with WSC –Ongoing coordination of equipment logistics –STB personnel will travel to WSC to temporarily install equipment in STB racks to obtain TDRSS/WSC received power measurement –TDRSS/WSC received power measurement is success criteria to Commissioning ISS MiPROM pitch – to extend manifest (see Risk #2) 12

Upcoming Events ISS MiPROM (Multi-Increment Payload Resupply and Outfitting Manifest) Working Group – January 23, 2013 (tentative) – STB Presenting to extend manifest and delay decommissioning from 2015 to 2018 (see Risk chart, Risk #2) JPL commissioning VTR: 1/15/13 Code Review for JPL WF Update: 1/29/13 SDR Commissioning: thru February

Status Rev 1/15/13CostScheduleTechnicalMgmt Current MonthGYGY Prior MonthGYGY Stoplight Status and Explanations CURRENT MONTH EXPLANATIONS Mgmt Issue / Impact Action Plan Resolution Date Y Workforce Shortages in RF, Comm., and Mission Ops due to lack of GRC personnel avail. 1a. Slipped FY13 schedule: baseline dates in ( ) Antenna Characterization ops - end of Nov. (mid-Nov) Commissioning ops - end of February (mid-Jan) Expt 2 (Harris Ka-band) – end March (mid-March) 1b. Seeking Code D/R CS lead and support roles Restore full-time support of existing comm. personnel RF / Comm. Sys. SME Experiment Principal Investigators Waveform SW & FW (Complex Elect) devel. Comm. Data Analysis Project Scientist liaisons for external experimenters 1c. Project in parallel pursuing SSC lead and support roles thru existing SSC responsible for SE&I and Mission Ops 1a. Continual 1b. Continual 1c. In work (2 SSC Mission Ops backfills)

SCaN Testbed Top Project Risks LIKELIHOODLIKELIHOOD CONSEQUENCES LxC Trend RankApproachRisk Title  1M Out-Year Funding Profile Insufficient to Execute Project  2MPremature STB Disposal by ISS  3MExperimenter SW Interface (API) Approach M – Mitigate W – Watch A – Accept R – Research C – Closed Criticality  Decreasing (Improving)  Increasing (Worsening)  Unchanged N New L x C Trend High Med Low 1 32 STATUS AS OF: 1/9/13 RankConsequence(s) 1 Given an out-years (FY14+) resource shortage, there is a possibility that: STB Experiment integration and operations will stop Progress on experiment development will be slow Low contribution to the STRS repository 2 Given an ISS disposal schedule of April 2015, there is a possibility that Experiments in development will not be executed on-orbit Payload will be underutilized Low contribution to the STRS repository 3 Given a lack of an Experimenter API, there is a possibility of: STB unable to accommodate external Experimenters Increased development time for all Experimenters

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CoNNeCT Success Criteria 17 Level 1 Objective Success Criteria 3.2 SDR Technology Development Primary Technologies: Core SDR Capabilities –STRS/SDR Development: 3 flight radios implementing STRS Std –SDR TRL Advancement: 2 radios demonstrated in space TRL 7 –SDR Reconfiguration: regular operational reconfiguration, not ad-hoc –S-band Communications: standard capability for comparison 3.3 Validation of Future Mission Operational Capabilities Secondary Technologies: Mission Applications - somewhat riskier, depends on external factors (e.g. GPS, TWTA) too –Ka-band Communications: high speeds for SDR –GPS Navigation: L1,L2,L5 in shared platform –Networking/Routing: basic capability needed for future missions 3.1 ISS National Laboratory Basic Test Bed Capability: Needed for Experiment Program –Ground-based SDR System for Future WF Development: needed to develop/test future waveforms because the flight unit is in space –Avionics Software Reconfiguration: needed for experiments –Data Storage/Data Retrieval: get data to/from memory/file system

CoNNeCT Success Criteria 18 Primary TechnologiesSecondary TechnologiesBasic Test Bed Capability STRS/SDR Development Operate at least two STRS- compliant SDRs in the space environment to demonstrate the STRS Architecture (v1.02) has achieved TRL-7. Ka-band Communications Operate an STRS-compliant SDR in the space environment at Ka-band with TDRSS with at least 6 Mbps forward link and 100 Mbps return link…understand performance Ground-based SDR Subsystem for future WF Development Demonstrate that the ground-based SDR system is sufficient to verify and operate flight software/firmware by successfully operating a new waveform software … SDR TRL Advancement Operate at least two SDRs… and understand performance of S-band or Ka-band communication links …at least two SDRs have achieved TRL-7. GPS Navigation Demonstrate GPS/SDR/STRS receiver …in a space environment by simultaneously tracking L1, L2 and L5, generating on-board navigation solution…, Avionics Software Reconfiguration Upload experiment software to the avionics subsystem from the CoNNeCT Control Center after launch and validate its reception and operation. SDR Reconfiguration Upload software and/or firmware from the CoNNeCT Control Center or avionics, to at least two SDRs on-orbit, multiple times (routinely operational and CM’d) Networking/Routing Route data through the avionics received from at least one SDR RF link to the avionics or SDR destination using the network layer (e.g. IP or DTN) address of the received data stream. Data Storage/Data Retrieval Store the data received from at least one SDR RF link into memory of the avionics or an SDR and then retrieve the stored data from memory and send it over an SDR transmit RF link… S-band Communications Operate an STRS-compliant SDR …at S-band with TDRSS with at least 72 kbps forward link and 192 kbps return link and understand performance

Satisfied by Checkout & Commissioning Satisfied by Experimentation > > We need Experiments to satisfy project criteria < < Mission Success Criteria Assessment

Mission Objectives from the Level 1 Requirements ISS NATIONAL LABORATORY – Reconfigure SDR (e.g. OE updates, modulation, coding, framing, filtering, network) bit streams to arbitrary link layer protocols – Load/run/reconfigure experimenter software applications external to SDRs (flight computer) On-board networking (e.g. DTN), routing, and security applications Avionics capacity (e.g. processor, memory), access to payload information (lock state, AGCs, etc.) SDR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT – SDR platform hardware & waveform firmware/software compliant to STRS, TRL-7 – Promote development and Agency-wide adoption of NASA’s SDR Standard, STRS – Separate SDR HW, SW performance from space/link effects (e.g. SEE) VALIDATION OF FUTURE MISSION OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES – Capability representative of future missions Data rate, performance, networking/routing, GPS frequencies, timing – Understand SDR performance (reliability, SEE, telemetry, instrumentation) – Multiple and simultaneous RF Links (Ka-band, S-band, L-band/GPS) 21

Level 1 Requirement Assessment SCaN Testbed has 27 Level 1 Reqs - science type “wills” and “shalls” 19 requirements can be met with current funding – Basic S-band connection to TDRS and direct to ground – Basic Ka-band connection to TDRS – GPS L1, L2, and L5, etc...

Level 1 Requirement Assessment 8 Requirements (Experiments) need additional $ to meet the Level 1 Reqs – Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN)and Internet Protocol (IP) routing: More experiment development, SW and Expt Integration – Testbed capabilities available to industry: More SW, Expt Integration, and Expt Dev – Demonstrate various levels of compliance with STRS: More Expt development – Develop library of software devices that have legacy value: More Experimenters, SW and Comm support – Demonstrate Comm, Nav, and networking technologies: More than a single experiment – Ground based system used for testing and upload of new waveforms: More Experiment Development System support – TDRS Augmentation Service for Satellites (TASS): Funded in FY15/16 at JPL Additional funding needed to develop experiments and the infrastructure (SW and integration) to support them.

Risk Type Sub Risk Type Safety Personnel Minor injury not requiring first aid treatment. Minor injury regarding first aid treatment. Medical treatment for a minor injury, illness. Permanent or major injury, illness or incapacitation. Death Flight SystemsN/A Minor damage to flight systems. Major damage to flight systems Loss of flight assets. Ground Facilities/ Equipment Negligible damage to Non-Critical ground facilities or systems. Minor damage to Non-Critical ground facilities or systems. Moderate damage to critical ground facilities or systems. -Or- Loss of Non-critical Major damage to critical ground facilities or systems Loss of critical ground facilities or systems. Technical Requirements No impact to meeting performance and/or other mission objectives. L4 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L3 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L2 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L1 requirements and/or mission objectives cannot be met. Operations Negligible impact to mission objectives/ operations Minor impact to mission objectives/ operations - workarounds available. Moderate impact to mission objectives/ operations. Major impact to mission objectives/ operations - workarounds not available. Unable to achieve major mission objective/operations. Cost <$50K$50K - $100K$101K - $250K$251K - $500K>$500K Schedule 2-4 week delay to major project milestone. 1-3 month delay to major project milestone. 3-4 month delay to major project milestone. 4-6 month delay to major project milestone. >6 month delay to major project milestone. LIKELIHOOD RATING LikelihoodValueRange Very High5 76% - 99% High4 51% - 75% Moderate3 26% - 50% Low2 11% - 25% Very Low1 0% - 10% TIMEFRAME Time to Initiate Handling Strategy Near 0 to 1 Month Mid 1 to 3 Months Far >3 Months SCaN Testbed Risk Scorecard