Quarterly Program Management Review (QPMR) SCaN Testbed Status D. Malarik, Project Manager D. Irimies, Deputy Project Manager R. Reinhart, Project Principal Investigator August 20,

NASA HONOR AWARDS – THANK YOU !!! HQ submitted the SCaN Testbed Team for a Group Achievement Award; GRC submitted the CoNNeCT Team for a Group Achievement Award WE GOT BOTH... plus 10 Individuals receive Medals (Young Professional, Achievement, Service, Leadership)

HTV3 launched from Tanegashima, Japan at 10:06 pm Eastern Time on July 20, SCaN Testbed Video Playing in JAXA’s TNSC Visitor Center at

SCaN Testbed Launch Party – GRC First !!! 4

HTV Docked to ISS – July 27

Aug 6: SCaN Testbed Transfer (Phase 1 of 2) EP3 Move from HTV to JEM Exposed Facility (EF)

7 EP3 Move from HTV to JEM Exposed Facility (EF)

EP3 Near JEM EF

9 Aug 7: Final Installation of SCaN Testbed: Dextre grapples the SCaN Testbed The Face of SCaN Testbed: Gritty Smile, Jaunty Hat... SCaN Bob Test Pants !!!

Dextre Maneuvering SCaN Testbed Toward ELC-3 Big Arm – Small Payload

SCaN Testbed Installation onto ELC-3

SCaN Testbed Successfully Installed

Power Draw and Temps Nominal First 45 Minutes after installation Flight Data

Aug 13: On –Orbit Activation Successful Aug 13 – 15: All Systems Nominal – Boot up – Low Rate Data Link (1553) – High Rate Data Link (HRDL) – Power draw – Temperatures – Commanding functionality verified – Transition between SW states verified (Ready, Experiment, Off-Nominal, Maintenance, etc.) – Heater checkout completed – File uplink and downlink verified – File concatonation verified (8 MB ISS limit) – Antenna Pointing System (APS)Launch Lock Released – APS movement verified Steve Sinacore, Mission Ops Lead, and Mike Barrett, Chief Engineer, Emeritus, congratulate each other

Aug 15: Antenna Pointing System (APS) Launch Lock Release and Activation 15

SCaN Testbed Daily Schedule August 2012 Note - Calendar includes (GMT Date)/Blue Font Indicates Flight System Activity

SCaN Testbed Master Schedule Overview 7/31/2012

SCaN Testbed Utilization SBIRs: SCAN Testbed Subtopic – Three Phase I SBIRs selected; SBIR Phase II: Fall 2012 – SBIR portfolio: codeless GPS, scintillation-hardened GPS, and cognitive waveforms. Current Set of Experiments – Experiments 1 and 2: S- and Ka-band SDR Technology Advancement, JAN 2013 Developing JPL SDR waveform enhancements on GIU for upload to flight Signal-to-noise ratio estimator, Received power estimator – Experiment 3: Baseline Networking & Routing, FEB 2013 Working experiment plan and detailed execution/development schedule. Developing ground interfaces for bidirectional data transfer to SCAN TB. – Experiment 4: JPL GPS, JAN 2013 [TBR] – Experiment 5: JPL DTN on a radio, TBD – Experiment 6: Bandwidth Efficient, High-Rate WF at Ka-Band, TBD Creating an experiment plan to address future development and operations Placing procurements for software development environment TDRS K Validation Testing and SGSS Checkout Meeting Held – SCaN TB can emulate SN users to reduce operational impacts on customers during checkout – SCaN TB must align its C&C to maximize benefit of emulation

SCaN Testbed Experiment Calls Released: Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Announcement - Universities – Announcement on FedBizOpp: – Posting on NSPIRES, Aug 10 NSPIRES contractor requires task and funding In Process: Experiment Opportunity (EO) - Space Act Agreements (SAA) with all other entities – Announcement on FedBizOpps: Vetted with GRC SAA Liaison and procurement Awaiting GRC procurement uploading Announcement – Space Act Abstract: Both Reimbursable and Non-Reimbursable framework agreements Specific agreements will be tailored for each selected Experimenter First external users expected to demonstrate experiments on orbit by late 2013/early 2014

Upcoming Events SDR Activation – Aug 21 S-Band (GD and JPL) NEN and SN Checkout Begins – Sept 4 Ka-band (Harris) SN Checkout Begins – Sept 20 ISS MiPROM Meeting: Request delay of SCaN TB decommissioning from Apr 2015 to Sept 2018 – Late Aug Experiment Opportunity (EO) Release – Late Aug Press Release – Late Aug CoNNeCT Project Awards Ceremony – Sept 20 International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) and Ka- Band Conference, Ottawa Ontario, Downey and Reinhart – Sept IDGA Invited Speaker, Washington DC, T. Kacpura – Sept SDR Europe 2012: Invited keynote speaker / panel, Madrid, Reinhart - Dec Wireless Innovation (SDR) Forum: Keynote address, STRS subtopic, 2 technical presentations, Washington, DC - Jan 2013

SCAN Testbed Top Project Risks Approach M – Mitigate W – Watch A – Accept R – Research C – Closed Criticality  Decreasing (Improving)  Increasing (Worsening)  Unchanged N New L x C Trend LIKELIHOODLIKELIHOOD CONSEQUENCES LxC Trend RankApproachRisk Title  1M Underfunded Operations and Experiments Phase  2M Experimenter Software Interface C 3M,WELC HRDL Repair - CLOSED High Med Low STATUS AS OF: 8/13/12

Satisfied by Checkout & Commissioning Satisfied by Experimentation > > We need Experiments to satisfy project criteria < < Mission Success Criteria Assessment

Risk Type Sub Risk Type Safety Personnel Minor injury not requiring first aid treatment. Minor injury regarding first aid treatment. Medical treatment for a minor injury, illness. Permanent or major injury, illness or incapacitation. Death Flight SystemsN/A Minor damage to flight systems. Major damage to flight systems Loss of flight assets. Ground Facilities/ Equipment Negligible damage to Non-Critical ground facilities or systems. Minor damage to Non-Critical ground facilities or systems. Moderate damage to critical ground facilities or systems. -Or- Loss of Non-critical Major damage to critical ground facilities or systems Loss of critical ground facilities or systems. Technical Requirements No impact to meeting performance and/or other mission objectives. L4 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L3 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L2 requirements and/or other mission objectives cannot be met. L1 requirements and/or mission objectives cannot be met. Operations Negligible impact to mission objectives/ operations Minor impact to mission objectives/ operations - workarounds available. Moderate impact to mission objectives/ operations. Major impact to mission objectives/ operations - workarounds not available. Unable to achieve major mission objective/operations. Cost <$50K$50K - $100K$101K - $250K$251K - $500K>$500K Schedule 2-4 week delay to major project milestone. 1-3 month delay to major project milestone. 3-4 month delay to major project milestone. 4-6 month delay to major project milestone. >6 month delay to major project milestone. LIKELIHOOD RATING LikelihoodValueRange Very High5 76% - 99% High4 51% - 75% Moderate3 26% - 50% Low2 11% - 25% Very Low1 0% - 10% TIMEFRAME Time to Initiate Handling Strategy Near 0 to 1 Month Mid 1 to 3 Months Far >3 Months SCaN Testbed Risk Scorecard

EP3 Move from HTV to JEM Exposed Facility (EF)

FY12 NOA Full Cost Budget ($M) $8.1M FY12 FTEs / FY12 WYEs: 25.6 / 27.3 Project (Phase A - D): 10/2007 – 7/2012 Project Phase E 7/ GRC Project Manager: MSC/Diane Malarik Chief Engineer: DT/Josh Freeh Safety & Mission Assurance Lead: Q/R. Plastow NASA Customer: SCaN Program/John Rush Key Contractor(s): GESS/Vantage; SpaceDOC/ZIN Project Mission Statement: Develop, deploy and operate a communications, navigation, and networking testbed on ISS to advance the TRL of Software Defined Radios (SDR) and the Space Telecommunications Radio Standard (STRS) in support of future NASA missions. Project Life Cycle Schedule HTV Docked to ISS Flight System in TVAC SCaN Testbed Project MilestonesSRRIVRPDRCDRPh III Safety SARORRLaunchOpsOn-Orbit Expts ReturnFinal Report Actual/ Baseline 5/200810/20089/20094/201008/201110/20116/20127/2012Inc. 32=>01/2013N/A Installation onto ISS ELC GRC Scope:  The SCaN Testbed project is defined as the design, build, launch, and operations of the SCAN Testbed, as well as the development, integration and on-orbit execution of experiments and other users.  GRC leads a multi-partner team (GSFC, JPL, JSC, General Dynamics and Harris) to operate for a minimum of 3 years.  Project closeout will occur no earlier than 2018, or upon Program direction, with SCAN Testbed decommissioning, disposal, and final documentation.

Experiment Calls - Comparison CallProposalEvaluationSelection CANSubmitted via NSPIRESThree review periods (proposal due dates): 9/17, 1/31, 5/31 Cooperative Agreement with each university, pending successful negotiations EO*Direct contact with Project and Liaison *Project will initiate SAA Maker, leveraging SAA Abstract, with approvals Ongoing/Open – TBD whether synch-up with CAN Review cycle or call Board as-needed SAA with each entity, pending successful negotiations

Experiment Calls – Status and Evaluation Team Linked Project site, will link to CASSIS for additional publicity First NASA-external users expected to demonstrate experiments on SCaN Testbed by late 2013/early 2014 (depends on funding & development time) Evaluation Team –SCaN Testbed Experiment Board Chair: Richard Reinhart, SCaN Testbed Principal Investigator (PI) Board comprised of PI and co-PIs (GRC, GSFC, JSC, JPL), SCaN TSD Program (HQ), and Payload Eng Team, as required (PM, CE, SE&I, SW, MO)

General Experiment Support Activities Experiment Data Archiving System: Enormous Quantities of Data Generated During Experiment Development and Execution – Collects experimenter data off of experiment systems (DAS, EFEP) – Performs archival for single-point transfer to experimenters Experiment Development System (EDS): Breadboard SDRs and Avionics Systems for Initial Experiment Development – Provides new experimenters a system for waveform development/testing Less fidelity than GIU; less restriction on scheduling/operations Working on remote access capability – IT security issues – Developing RF capability for breadboards (typically baseband-only) – Procuring RF filters and other long-lead items On-orbit Channel Simulator: Used to model antenna characteristics using on-orbit antenna pattern data – Makes use of on-orbit checkout/commissioning antenna pattern dataset – Will provide critical RF link performance prediction for ISS environment

Experiment Calls – Selection Criteria Project Objectives – On-orbit, reconfigurable laboratory – providing broad participation to NASA, industry, academia, other government agencies – Reconfigurable and SDR technology advancement – Demonstrate new or advanced future mission capability Intrinsic Technical Merit – Technical Advancement – Uniqueness of using SCaN Testbed System – Technical Approach – Technology Infusion – Experiment PI and Team Experience Programmatic Elements – Availability of Information (data rights in relation to STRS Repository) – Schedule – Participation and Coordination (with NASA, industry, academia, etc.) – Resources