1. Project Overview and Status
THEMIS Mission PDR
Project Overview and Status
Peter R. Harvey
University of California - Berkeley

2. Agenda Agenda Science Overview Mission Overview Programmatic Overview
Organization
Review

3. Science Overview Science Overview Purpose Capabilities
To understand the onset and macroscale (1-10 Re) evolution of magnetospheric substorms.
Capabilities
Will provide the first measurements of substorm starting location
Will provide the first measurements of substorm evolution
Collaborating Institutions (Hardware)
University of California (UCB, UCLA)
Swales Aerospace Inc. (SAI)
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
University of Colorado (LASP)
Technical University of Braunschweig (TU-BS)
Institut fur Weltraumforschung der OAW (IWF) CETP
University of Calgary
University of Alberta

4. Mission Overview Mission Overview Launch Space Segment Ground Segment
Vehicle: Delta II, Eastern Range
Injection: 1.1 x 12 Re, 9 degrees inclination
Date: August 2006
Space Segment
Spacecraft: 5 Spinning probes with fuel for orbit/attitude adjust
Instruments: 3-Axis E-Field, B-Field
3-D Ion & Electron Particle Detectors
Orbit Period(s): 1, 2 and 4 days
Orientation: Ecliptic normal
Ground Segment
Observatories: 20 Northern of All Sky Imaging and Mag Field
Operations
Phases: I&T, L&EO (2 mo), Campaigns (Dec-Mar), Deorbit
Lifetime: 2 years

5. Programmatic Overview
PI Mode
PI Team Provides Space, Ground, Data Segments
PI Team Provides Cost, Schedule, Performance Assurance
PI Team Provides Education/Public Outreach
Cost and Schedule Caps
Single Cost Cap for the Mission
Launch no later than March 2007
Performance Assurance
MIDEX Quality Requirements
Implementation Strategy
Use Heritage Instrumentation
Coordinate Common Buy Parts
Keep Probe/Probe Carrier Simple and Robust

6. THEMIS Organization Chart Subcontracts/Agreements
Explorers Office
Frank Snow, Mission Mgr
U.Colo/LASP
Bob Ergun
TU-BS
Uli Auster
Swales Aerospace
Mike Cully
THEMIS Organization Chart
Subcontracts/Agreements
Phases BCD
U.C. Berkeley
Vassilis Angelopoulos, PI
Peter Harvey, PM
KSC
Tammy Harrington,
Mission Integ Mgr
CETP
Alain Roux
B. De la Porte
GSFC/GNCD
Karen Richon
UCLA
Chris Russell
Univ of Calgary
Eric Donovan
Univ of Alberta
J. Samson
IWF
Werner Magnes

7. 5. Education & Public Outreach THEMIS Work Breakdown Structure
Organization
THEMIS Project
1.1 Management
1.2 Science
1.3 Systems
Engineering
2. Space
Segment
Development
3. Ground
4. Mission Ops
& Data Analysis
5. Education & Public Outreach
3.1 Mission Operations Center
3.2 Science Operations Center
3.3 Ground
Based Observatories
4.1 Mission Operations
4.2 Data Analysis
1. Management,
Science,
Systems Eng.
2.1 Instruments
2.2 Spacecraft
THEMIS Work Breakdown Structure

8. Management, Science and Systems Engineering
Organization
Management, Science and Systems Engineering
Management Support
K. Harps Finances
M. Larson Purchasing
M. Giordano Documentation
D. Meilhan Scheduling
A. Shutkin Administration
UCB Sponsored Projects
D. Weldon Contracting
Systems
Engineering
Ellen Taylor
Science
V. Angelopoulos
Science Support
Bonnell, John
Carlson, Chuck
Delory, Gregory
Frey, Harald
Hull, Art
Larson, Davin
Lin, Robert
Mende, Steven
Moreau, Thomas
Mozer, Forrest
Parks, George
Peticolas, Laura
Phan, Tai
Temerin, Michael
Program
Management
Peter Harvey
Electrical
Mechanical /Thermal
Paul Turin
Chris Smith
EMC/ESC/MAG
Robert Snare (UCLA)
THEMIS WBS 1.0
Facility Support
J. Cooks Contracts
J. Keenan Purchasing
G. Davis Accounting
J. Williams Travel
J. Jones Personnel
Quality & Safety
Ron Jackson
Parts
Jorg Fischer

9. Organization Instruments Electric Field Instrument (EFI) ElectroStatic
Analyser
(ESA)
Solid State
Telescope
(SST)
I&T
Rick Sterling
Data Processor
Unit (IDPU)
THEMIS WBS 2.1
Fluxgate
Mag
(FGM)
Search Coil
(SCM)
Forrest Mozer
John Bonnell
Greg Delory
Art Hull
Bill Donakowski
Greg Dalton
Robert Duck
Mark Pankow
Dan Schickele
Stu Harris
Hilary Richard
Robert Abiad
Peter Berg
Heath Bersch
Dorothy Gordon
Frank Harvey
Selda Heavner
Jim Lewis
Jeanine Potts
Chris Scholz
Kathy Walden
Charles Carlson
M. Marckwardt
Bill Elliott
Ron Herman
Robert Lin
Davin Larson
Ron Canario
Robert Lee
T. Moreau
Hari Dharan
Y. Kim
Tien Tan
Bill Tyler
TUBS/IWF
Uli Auster
K.H. Glassmeier
W. Magnes
CETP
Alain Roux
Bertran de la Porte
Olivier Le Contel
Christophe Coillot
Abdel Bouabdellah
LASP
Robert Ergun
Aref Nammari
Ken Stevens
Jim Westfall
Booms

10. Organization Ground Segment Mission Ops Science Ops (Mission Planning)
THEMIS WBS 3
Ground Based Observatories
Manfred Bester
Mark Lewis
Tim Quinn
Sabine Frey
Tai Phan
John Bonnell
Laura Peticolas
Stephen Mende
Stu Harris
Steve Geller
Harald Frey
UCLA
Chris Russell
Joe Means
Dave Pierce
All Sky
Imagers
Ground Magnetometers
Fielding
& Operation
(UC&UA) UC
Eric Donovan
GSFC/GCND
David Sibeck
Mark Beckman
Bob DeFazio
David Folta
Rick Harman UA
J. Samson

11. Top Level Schedule THEMIS TOP LEVEL SCHEDULE MAJOR REVIEWS 1 2 3 4 5 6
CY 2005
MILESTONES
CY 2004
CY 2003
THEMIS TOP LEVEL SCHEDULE
STATUS AS OF: 11/06/03
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
MISSION MGR. : FRANK SNOW 1
MAJOR REVIEWS
IDPU DEVELOPMENT
IDPU ETU DESIGN, FAB, I&T & FLIGHT J F M A S O N D
CY 2006 2
EFI SPB / AXB DEVELOPMENT
EFI SPB & AXB DESIGN, FAB, I&T 3
ESA DEVELOPMENT
ESA ETU DESIGN, FAB, I&T & FLIGHT 4
SST DEVELOPMENT
SST ETU DESIGN, FAB, I&T & FLIGHT 5
FGM DEVELOPMENT 6
SCM DEVELOPMENT
SCM EM DESIGN, FAB, I&T & FLIGHT 8
INSTRUMENT I&T
ETU & FLIGHT INTEGRATION & TEST
DSG COMPL..
DSG COMPL.
FLT I&T COMPL
BOX ASSY
ETU I&T
ETU FAB
ETU TESTS
FLT 1-6 FAB COMPL.
ETU PROC/FAB
FGE ETU I&T
FLT 1-5 FGE FAB & TEST
FLT I&T COMPL F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
2-3
11/30
FGM ETU DESIGN, FAB, I&T & FLIGHT
8/18
4/16
4/01
12/08
10/12
11/26
11/02
7/06
3/02
1/06
12/16
10/18
5/31
12/29
9/29
10/25
9/24
1/21
1/26
7/26
FLT 1-2
8/06
8/24
9/10
9/28
10/15
7/13
7/28
8/04
8/11
3/05
2/27
7/21
6/08
8/03
8/31
4/30
H/W FAB
6/25
8/27
FLT ASSY 1-6
12/23
11/16
1/20
10/26 9
PROBE CARRIER
PROBE CARRIER DESIGN, FAB, TEST 12
PROBE CARRIER ASSY I & T
INTEGRATION & ENVIRINMENTAL TESTS 13
LAUNCH OPERATIONS
LAUNCH PROCESSING/LAUNCH
DSG & PROCURE
FAB COMPL..
I&T COMPLETE 10
SPACECRAFT PROBES
LONG LEAD PROCUREMENT, SUBSYSTEM DESIGN, FAB & BUS I&T
F2-3
6/24
2/16
8/10
9/15
8/09
6/27 11
PROBE & INSTRUMENT I&T
PROBE I&T with INSTRUMENTS
11/23
10/19
8/25
12/05
3/15
8/21
PROBE F1 SLACK (60 days)
PDR.
11/12-14
CDR.
4/06-07
PROBE F5SLACK (40 days)
SRR.
7/16 7
SCM/FGM BOOM DEVELOPMENT
FAB HINGES & TUBES
6/14
12/10
SHIP & LAUNCH PROCESSING
INSTRUMENT DELIVERY TO SWALES
6/29
6/06
5/04
4/06
3/10
MCRR
12/08-09
CONF. REV (HQ)
1/15
5/11
10/05
F5 SLACK (120 days)
F1 SLACK (95 days)
F1 SLACK (40 days)
F5 SLACK (64 days)
4-6
3-5
1-6
1/22
9/07
9/14
9/21
ETU TEST
2/12
2/23
ETU TEST (GERM.)
3/08
PROBE CARRIER SLACK (60 days)
7/30
MISSION SLACK (60 days)
5/25
INSTRUMENT SLACK --
PROBE CARRIER & BUS SLACK
MISSION SLACK --
Slack Legend --
8/17 14
FLIGHT PLATFORM & HARNESS
FLT HARNESS COMPL

12. Review Requirements and Plans
Review Process
Review Requirements and Plans
THEMIS_IIRP (7/31/03) meets GPG8700.6
THM-CDRL011C-EPRP (9/29/03) meets GPG8700.4
Team Selection
Chairman through which all RFAs will flow
Electrical Expert
Mechanical Expert
One or Two Sensor or Instrumentation Experts
GSFC Oversight (as always) encouraged
EPRP Instructions given to team members
LLIS Instructions & pre-selected items given to the teams
Results
Plenty of recommendations!
Not many substantive action items
Not a single LLIS “hit” (at least not identified as such)

13. Review Teams
Peer Review Team Composition

14. Review Teams
Peer Review Team Composition

15. RFA Status Overall RFA Status
All Responses are submitted to Explorer’s Office & kept on the THEMIS ftp site.

16. SRR RFAs
SRR RFA Status

17. SRR Recommendation Status

18. Instrument RFAs

19. Ground Based Obs RFAs

20. Flight Dynamics/Msn Ops RFAs

21. Flight Dynamics/Msn Ops RFAs

22. Flight Dynamics/Msn Ops RFAs

23. Flight Dynamics/Msn Ops RFAs

24. Summary Summary Stable Science and Mission Concept and Requirements
No Significant Changes in Requirements or Concept
No Show Stoppers Identified Development or Review Teams
Organization is Active in All Development Areas
Successful Staffing at UCB and Swales
Staff Already in Place at Foreign Collaborators
Weekly and bi-weekly Telecons Active in all Major Areas
Systems Engineering in High Gear
Plans Documented, In Place and in Practice
Space Segment ICD’s in Signoff, Ground Segment coming up
Active Review Process in Place
Technical Expertise Provided in Comments and RFA process
Expect These Inputs will Help Shape Detailed Designs