GOES-R MANAGEMENT CONTROL PLAN (MCP)

• Perform engineering management, trending, and analysis for the GOES-R spacecraft.
• Manage the GOES-R backup facility and its operation.
• Participate in procedures and plan reviews
• Participate in space and ground design reviews
• Member of the Source Selection Team for ground
• Approval on Mission Ops Products:
o Routine Ops Procedures
o Contingency Ops Procedures
o PLT test reviews
o SOE's
o scripts,etc.
• Participate in training and mission simulations, Ground System integration and testing.
• Membership on PLT teams as sub-system engineers.
• Participate in development operations transition plans and training operational crews.
3.2.2.2.3 Office of Satellite Development (OSD)
OSD will support the GPO in sustaining engineering, maintenance, and technology refresh of GOES-R
Ground Segment assets. OSD will also support the definition, design, and implementation of new
systems into the GOES-R environment. The OSD Ground Systems Division will be responsible for longterm
refresh and sustainment activities required for the ground system. OSD will provide technical
support to the Program Systems Engineering Team.
3.2.2.2.4 Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
The center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), formerly Office of Research and Applications
(ORA) is the home of the Algorithm Working Group (AWG). The AWG will develop scientific
algorithms for each GOES-R product and supply proxy data for simulating system inputs and outputs.
The AWG will also assist the contractor during calibration and validation activities. All AWG products
will be delivered first to the Ground Segment Project Manager (GSPM) for evaluation. The GSPM will
then provide the materials to the GS prime contractor as “Government Furnished Information (GFI). The
algorithm development process is outlined in the Algorithm Development Management Plan for Ground
Segment Product Generation
3.2.2.2.5 Data Centers
There are two NESDIS data centers that archive GOES-R data:
• National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), one node of CLASS: GOES-R will provide data to NCDC
for long term archive
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), one node of CLASS: GOES-R will provide data to
NGDC for long term archive
4 MANAGEMENT APPROACH
4.1 Acquisition Management
4.1.1 Source Selection Evaluation Board Process
NOAA and NASA roles and responsibilities for source selection are documented in the MOU. The
ground segment source selection processes will follow the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and
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