1. Dave Ector COSMIC PM for OSD 4 November 10
COSMIC 2 Update
Dave Ector
COSMIC PM for OSD
4 November 10

2. COSMIC 2

3. Requirements GNSSRO Level 1 Requirements Documents (L1RD) status
L1RD Completed and signed 5 May 2010
L1RD assessment underway
Initial budget/partnerships for COSMIC-2 do not fully support all L1RD requirements
C-2 was designed to be a replication of C-1 – except X2 satellites (12)
All at 72 degrees
2 northern tracking stations with current latency (around 60 min average)
L1RD requires 2 inclinations – 72 degrees and 24 degrees
L1RD requires 45 min average latency
Partnering with the AF for SSAEM sensors – 2 secondary payloads on 6 satellites
AF purchase of rockets will close budget shortfall – allow us to meet all L1RD threshold requirements

4. COSMIC 2 Schedule

5. JPL TriG Schedule

6. Acquisition Environment
Solid support from NESDIS
Very strong support from Weather Service
Historically solid support from OMB
New start – clearly at risk in this political environment
Being sold as a VERY low hanging fruit – very large forecasting impacts for a small price – compared to other satellite programs
Why not do this commercially? Is the #1 question from OMB and congress.
International and government partnership leverage is one of our major selling points – we have outside contributions up to double the NOAA investment ($200+M)

7. COSMIC 2 Current Activity
Mission Definition Review – successfully completed in August
TriG Payload
SRR complete in August
PDR planned for November
Antenna design kicked off for COSMIC-2
Procurement strategy in draft
Air Force is proceeding with partnership
Payloads contracts work
Discussions with STP for the Minotaur 4 – received ‘11 funding
AF provided draft MOA under review at NOAA
NSPO is moving forward quickly on spacecraft procurement
RFI released in May
5 RFIs under review
Plans to release RFP for 12 spacecraft by January
NOAA working ground planning
Discussions with KSAT on ground station options
Working with UCAR on proposal to “operationalize” CDAAC processing software to install at NSOF

8. PM Summary COSMIC 2 is on schedule even with a 3-6 month CR
NASA started the NRE for the payload in April
Internal planning money has help us get our international agreements complete
JPL is working risk mitigation activities for the NOAA paylaod
Taiwan is on track to award spacecraft contracts
USAF partnership is imminent – comes with 2 launch vehicles
Letter of intent from the AF
Reviewing AF draft MOA
Well coordinated L1RD is complete
Pushed the limits of the original budget which was based on COSMIC 1
Can meet threshold requirements of L1RD now that the AF has joined the team by allocating LV money to ground stations – without requesting additional money

9. Back Up Slides