NOAA COMMAND AND DATA ACQUISITION STATION

WCDAS Numbers DCS Help Desk at or 7451 Contact Phil Whaley at (757) or Al McMath at (757)

Wallops LRGS Configuration No real changes to the LRGS We continue to use version 7.0 as the standard The cdadata server is consider the primary LRGS The cdabackup server is considered the secondary LRGS which mirrors EDDN The drot should be considered a troubleshooting tool to verify the DOMSAT downlink. Wallops with the ability to simultaneously stream the DCS data to the NSOF primary, backup, and the OSDPD Backup Facility (OBF) LRIT servers (Oct 09) Accounts are built through NOAA and shared with USGS

Wallops LRGS Configuration Analysis by Microcom showed that EDDN and NSOF were receiving 99.5% of the data that is received at Wallops. No real changes to the LRGS configuration since the last meeting Sites and IPs: – ( ) – ( ) – ( )

LRIT Status Files built and transmitted every 30 seconds Wallops is working with OSDPD to use the backup at Wallops during periods of outages. The OSDPD failover would be manual – not automatic The fix for the “flooding” issue has been installed and is working properly. The DCS component of LRIT is transferred from Wallops to Suitland (via Internet) and then back to Wallops (via T-1). 1 meter antenna receives full LRIT stream There are no re-occurring costs associated with LRIT reception. LRIT issues in Mar 10 –Mar 19 – 22 replication down due to account problems –Mar 24 - Five minute outage due to socket problems –Mar 26 - four hour outage due to T-1 failure –Mar 28 - five hour outage due to T-1 failure (Verizon frame problem)

Spacecraft Status GOES-11 is the primary West (135W) spacecraft and it will remain so. Batteries on GOES-11 look OK. We did not have to use GOES-13 for DCS/LRIT/EMWIN during Spring eclipse. However, GOES-11 has only one command receiver that is functional GOES-14 is positioned (105W) and will remain active to support the XRS instrument

Spacecraft Status GOES-P (GOES-15) was launched successfully on March 4, 2010 Post Launch Testing successfully completed at Wallops during the Spring of 2010 GOES-P/15 will be placed in storage due to 5 year warranty of the instruments. No plans to activate S/C at this point.

Spacecraft Constellation GOES-10 was de-commissioned in Dec 2009 GOES-13 is now prime East S/C (as of Apr 26) GOES-13 will be first spacecraft to support 750Hz channelization (function of S/C power) GOES-11 remains prime West S/C GOES-12 started its drift (27 Apr) to support the South Americans (May 2010) GOES-14 will be in “storage” but still support XRS (X-Ray Sensor) GOES-15 will be in storage (T&C only)

Certification October’s slide Phil needs to speak to this one Version 2 (channel splitting & tighter receive filtering) of Cert Standards ratified by OSD in Oct 2009 Three certification test sets to support the new standards have been upgraded and are being deployed to vendors upon request It is not expected that 100bps will not be supported for certification after ver 2 standards are adopted (this is policy, only 4 years left on 100bps support). It has been proposed that the Wallops 300 & 1200bps test channels, for East and West, be upgraded to be compliant with the ver 2 certification standard.

Wallops Backup A second pilot remains active (channel 0) at the WBU. The frequency is 401.7MHz. Wallops Backup has been re-positioned to support GOES-13 as the prime East S/C LRIT and EMWIN equipment is at WBU & FCDAS still waiting for connectivity to OSDPD – multicast issue.

DAPS/DADDS IT team is working security –later slide DADDS on-line as the primary DCS processing system in Jan 2010 Transition began on Oct 5 DAPS/DADDS operations were in parallel until Jan. All services are now through DADDS Three test transmitters installed, tested, and accepted during the week of Apr 26. Three pilot transmitters installed, tested, and accepted during the week of Apr 26. Wallops Operations verifies and reports the DCS pilot levels daily.

DADDS A complete backup resides at NSOF. This includes the RF front end (demods) and the associated demodulators. GOES Incident Reports have been generated Software release in Apr 2010 addressed many of these issues

DCS - Security Certification and Accreditation efforts began on Oct 1. C&A was completed on Mar 31 We now have a 3 year Authority To Operate This includes the WCDAS and the NSOF Boundaries include Wallops and NSOF All of DADDS security H/W in place HTTPS on Wallops and the NSOF systems is now in place

DOMSAT Aug 31, 2010 marks the end of Option Period-8 The current contract with Americom Government Services (AGS) expires September 2011 (Option period-9 the final option). Wallops in discussion with DOMSAT provider to identify modem options for consideration in follow- on DOMSAT contract discussions (x25 and 56k bandwidth may not be practical after FY12)