NOAA COMMAND AND DATA ACQUISITION STATION

DCS POINT OF CONTACT WCDA Station’s first point of contact for help is the DCS Help Desk at 757-824-7450 or 7451 Email is WCDADAPS@NOAA.GOV with copies to michael.b.galeone@noaa.gov Contact Phil Whaley at (757) 824-7331 or Al McMath at (757) 824-7316 Wallops supports 24/7 operations

DCS Configuration Wallops now supports demods for two complete spacecraft (120 channels each) One spare drawer on site (40 channels) To date three demod failures Preliminary testing has been conducted on the 100/300 baud concept (using the spare demods).

Wallops LRGS Configuration The demodulators for both East and West continue to feed the LRGS directly. This means that the primary LRGS (cdadata) is not dependent on DAPS. Use this as primary. The receive site (drot) gets its data from the DOMSAT downlink which is heritage DAPS data. We now have a third site (cdabackup). Wallops supported the STWIG sub-committee considering LRGS configuration, distribution, etc. Sites and IPs: http://cdadata.wcda.noaa.gov (205.156.2.174) http://drot.wcda.noaa.gov (205.156.2.186) http://cdabackup.wcda.noaa.gov (205.156.2.189)

LRIT Status LRIT traffic to Suitland is dependent on the Internet Transfer of data to Suitland continues to be a “double” single point failure LRIT data is returned to Wallops via T-1 lines. LRIT is an advantage to international users because DOMSAT is limited to CONUS. LRIT now has full East/West data streams An automatic re-transmission (one time) has been implemented. 1 meter antenna receives full LRIT stream There are no re-occurring costs associated with LRIT reception.

Current Spacecraft Status GOES-12 remains primary (75) for East GOES-11 has been transitioned as primary West (135) spacecraft GOES-10 is positioned (60) for the South American mission. Imagery operations began in Nov 06 GOES-9 was de-commissioned on 14 Jul 07 GOES-13 was tested and placed in storage. It was brought out of storage in July 07 for testing. GOES-O launch is scheduled for Summer 08.

Wallops Backup A second pilot remains active (channel 0) at the WBU. The frequency is 401.7MHz. Wallops staff has remote control/status capability of the WBU systems including the pilot from Wallops.

DOMSAT Frequency Change The final transition to the new DOMSAT frequency was June 13, 2007 New frequency is 11,817.5Mhz. All other parameters (pointing angles, modem settings, etc.) remain the same. Transition went smoothly.

DAPS Wallops has experienced data base issues (mid November). Updates had to be re-entered. DAPS-B is now primary and has been since November. Still supporting telnet (205.156.2.173/178) Working with OSDPD in the migration to 300/1200 baud channels. The Weather Service link has been transitioned to the MPLS (8 Jan 08). We are seeing fewer dropouts. Wallops Operations verifies the DCS pilot daily. No problems during the end-of-year transition.

GOES-12 Anomaly A North/South maneuver in November resulted in an anomaly of GOES-12. A leak in a thruster line resulted in the spacecraft being out of service for more than a week. During this time GOES-10 was used for DCPR In addition EMWIN and LRIT products were transmitted through GOES-10

DADDS The DCS Alternate Data Distribution System (DADDS) provides a separate means to distribute data from the demods should DAPS A & B fail. Testing was conducted at Wallops Oct 07. The system has been used on an as-needed basis. Currently DADDS will support NWSTG and DOMSAT traffic. Training for Wallops Operations staff is scheduled for the week of 4 Feb.

Multiple Data Sources We currently support- DOMSAT (primary) LRGS (cdadata, cdabackup, drot) Telnet (data base updates) LRIT NWS Telecommunications Gateway Dial-in