Kennedy Space Center

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Kennedy Space Center

• NASAs Lead Center for Acquisition and Management
  of Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Services

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Expendable Launch Vehicles(ELV)Program Overview
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Agenda

• Overview
• Vision Mission Statement
• Acquisition of Commercial Launch Services
• Program Organization
• Program Goals
• Requirements
• Control and Review Boards
• Critical Tasks
• Contracts
• Program Operating Structure
• Critical Success Indicators
• Workload Outlook
• Backup
• Transition History

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Overview

• Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is NASAs Lead Center
  for Acquisition and Management of Expendable
  Launch Vehicle Launch Services
• The ELV Program Office, established in response
  to the NASA Strategic Plan
• Provides a single focus for the acquisition and
  management of ELV launch services
• Affords NASA the benefits of consolidated and
  streamlined technical and administrative
  functions
• The Program provides launch services for NASA,
  NASA-sponsored, and other government payloads
  (e.g., NOAA) as required. Launch sites include
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)
• Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
• Wallops Flight Facility
• Other remote sites (Kwajalein Kodiak, Alaska)
• The Program was transitioned to KSC in October
  1998

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Vision Mission Statements

• Vision Statement
• "Global leadership in launch service excellence
• Mission Statement
• "Provide launch service excellence, expertise,
  and leadership to assure mission success for
  every customer"

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Acquisition of Commercial Launch Services

• Per National Policy, KSC is committed to
  acquiring launch services on a commercial basis
• National Space Policy, Commercial Space
  Guidelines, Item 2 - U.S. Government agencies
  shall purchase commercially available space goods
  and services to the fullest extent feasible
• NASA Strategic Plan
• The Administration and Congress will rely on
  NASA to buy commercial launch services and, when
  necessary, to form partnerships with industry to
  help create new technological capabilities for
  lower costs and more reliable civil, national
  security, and commercial access to space.
• KSC buys launch services, not hardware
• NASA specifies mission unique requirements
• Complies with NASAs Risk Mitigation Policy
• Complies with NASAs Insight and Approval Policy

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Acquisition of Commercial Launch Services (contd)

• NASAs Risk Mitigation Strategy
• Launch Services acquisition strategy shall seek
  to balance mission risk with launch vehicle
  demonstrated flight history and maturity
• Defines payloads as Category 1, Category 2, or
  Category 3
• KSC will conduct a certification program at the
  fleet level to accept any launch service as a
  qualified supplier for NASA launches

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Acquisition of Commercial Launch Services (contd)

• NASAs Insight and Approval Process
• KSC remains accountable for the success of its
  missions and exercises a technical oversight
  approach to ensure successful performance
• This oversight approach combines focused
  approvals with technical insight
• Insight means acquiring knowledge and
  understanding of contractors actions by
  monitoring of selected metrics and/or milestones
  through watchful observation, documentation
  review, meeting attendance, reviews, tests, and
  compliance evaluations. NASA retains the ability
  to nonconcur with a contractors proposed actions
  for a NASA launch service based upon knowledge
  obtained during insight activities
• Approval entails providing the launch service
  contractor authority to proceed and/or formal
  acceptance of requirements, plans, tests, or
  success criteria in specified areas
• KSC will approve all mission-unique analyses,
  spacecraft to launch vehicle interfaces, designs,
  and test procedures
• KSC will maintain substantial involvement in,
  control of, and final approval by NASA for the
  final go-for-launch decision

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NASA Enterprise Customers
ELV Program Organization
Human Exploration Development of Space
Space Science
Earth Science
Office of Space Flight
NASA
J. Rothenberg
Spacecraft
Programs
Deputy AA for
Space Access
K. Poniatowski
Governing
Program
HQ Safety
ELV Flight
Management
Mission
Planning Board
Council
Assurance
Lead Center Director
Roy Bridges
Chief Financial
ELV Program Manager
Procurement
Safety, Health and
Office
Officer
Steve Francois
Independent
N. Carroll
J. Hattaway
867-4173
Assessment
Shannon Bartell
Director, ELV Launch
Program Integration
MSFC Space
Services
Office
Transportation
Office
Wayne Bogle
Mike Benik
853-5081
867-6162
Mission
Integration
Mission Management Office
Teams
(TBD)
853-5762
Vehicle Engineering
Safety and Flight
Launch Site
Division
Assurance Office
Operations Division
Darren Bedell
Cal Staubus
Brent Seale
853-2166
476-3699
476-3692
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Program Goals

• Ensure launch service contracts are in place to
  support approved NASA missions
• Provide Lead Center Program Management (budget,
  schedule, and technical) for NASA missions
  utilizing ELV Launch Services
• Provide a successful launch rate at or above 95
  percent
• Procure commercial launch services consistent
  with mission criticality and procurement
  regulations
• Serve as Agency focal point and repository for
  ELV databases and advanced mission analyses
• Implement partnerships with other NASA Centers,
  academia, and industry to create new
  technological capabilities for lower costs and
  more reliable access to space

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ELV Requirements
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ELV Requirements (contd)

• The ELV Program Office is fully responsive to all
  requirements documents including
• Program Requirements
• NPD 7120.4, Program/Project Management
• NPG 7120.5, NASA Program and Project Management
  Processes and Requirements
• Technical Requirements
• NPD 8610.7, Launch Services Risk Mitigation
  policy for NASA-Owned or NASA-Sponsored Payloads
• NPD 8610.23A, Technical Oversight Management of
  Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Launch Services
• NPD 8610.24A, Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV)
  Launch Services Prelaunch Reviews
• NASA-STD-8709.2, NASA Safety and Mission
  Assurance Roles and Responsibilities for
  Expendable Launch Vehicle Services

http//nodis.hq.nasa.gov/Library/processes.html
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Control and Review Boards
Enterprise
Flight Planning
Associate
Deputy AA for Space Access
Board
Administrator
(FPB)
Governing
Lead Center
Program
Director
Management
Council (GPMC)
Program
Requirements
Control Board
(PRCB)
Program Manager
Program Integration Office
Project Decision
Meeting
(PDM)
Launch Director
Mission Integration
Mission Management Office
Teams
Safety Flight Assurance
Vehicle Engineering Division
Engineering

Mission Analysis
Chief Engineer
Project Manager
Review Board

Integration
(ERB)

Systems

Field Offices
Launch Site Operations Division
Comm. Telemetry
Launch Site Integration
Support Elements
Organizational Elements
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Critical Tasks
Safety and Flight Assurance
Operating Tasks
Mission
Design,
Integration
Engineering
Post
Procure
Launch Site
Launch
Advanced
Baseline
Launch
Launch
Operations
Operations
Planning
Mission
Service
L/V Design,
Production,
and Test

Program Control
Human Resources

Enabling Tasks

Information Technology

Financial and Physical Resources

Environmental, Health Safety
External Relationships

Development

Improvement Change
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Critical Tasks Definitions

• Advance Planning Support to the spacecraft
  customer from the identification of a science
  requirement (through NASAs Strategic Planning
  process), to the identification of mission
  requirements, project approval, and LSTO
  development
• Baseline Mission Activities beginning with NASA
  Enterprise mission approval, through mission
  requirements baselining by the Flight Planning
  Board to Mission Turn-on Approval at the ELV PRCB
• Procure Launch Service Implementation of
  mission requirements on one of the Programs
  existing contracts
• Mission Design, Engineering Integration All
  activities related to accommodation of a specific
  spacecraft, including mission unique requirements
  design and analyses, and leading up to, but not
  including, production of the mission unique
  hardware and software
• Launch Vehicle Design, Production Test
  Manufacture and test of the entire launch vehicle
  for a mission, including activities associated
  with the actual implementation of mission unique
  hardware and software changes and core vehicle
  designs, modifications, and upgrades

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Critical Tasks Definitions (contd)

• Launch Site Operations Activities that occur at
  the launch site that directly affect operations
  with the spacecraft and/or involve testing of the
  launch vehicle at the launch site
• To support Launch Site and Launch Operations, KSC
  provides the following facilities and support
• Launch Site Payload Processing Facilities and
  Support (KSC VAFB) (e.g., consumables,
  communications, etc.)
• Space Launch Complex 2W (SLC-2W) at VAFB for
  Delta launches
• Mission Directors Center, Launch Vehicle Data
  Center, and Telemetry Labs (KSC VAFB) for
  control and data review of major tests and launch
• Launch Operations Launch day activities and the
  management review processes that lead up to
  launch
• Post Launch Activities conducted following
  completion of all launch vehicle flight events,
  including post-flight data review and mission
  success determination

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Contracts

• Heritage Launch Service Contracts
• MED-LITE CONTRACT Medium-Lite Expendable Launch
  Vehicle Services (Med-Lite), NAS5-32933
• Launch Service Contractor Boeing McDonnell
  Douglas Corporation
• Type of Launch Service Delta 7300 Delta 7400
  and Taurus XL
• MELVS CONTRACT Medium Expendable Launch Vehicle
  Services (MELVS), NAS5-30722
• Launch Service Contractor Boeing McDonnell
  Douglas Corporation
• Type of Launch Service Delta II
• GOES CONTRACT Geostationary Environmental
  Operational Satellite (GOES) Launch Services,
  NAS3-23440
• Launch Service Contractor Lockheed Martin
  Commercial Launch Services, Inc.
• Type of Launch Service Atlas I/IIA
• IELV CONTRACT Intermediate Expendable Launch
  Vehicles (IELV) Launch Services,
  NAS3-27262
• Launch Service Contractor Lockheed Martin
  Commercial Launch Services, Inc.
• Type of Launch Service Atlas II/III
• VCL CONTRACT Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL)
  Launch Service Contract, NAS5-99190
• Launch Service Contractor Lockheed Martin
  Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS)
• Type of Launch Service Athena I
• UELV CONTRACT Ultralite Expendable Launch
  Vehicle (UELV) Launch Services,
  NAS5-32836
• Launch Service Provider Orbital Sciences
  Corporation
• Type of Launch Service Pegasus and Taurus

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Contracts (contd)

• KSC Issued Launch Service Contracts
• SELVS-KSC CONTRACT Small Expendable Launch
  Vehicle Services, NAS10-99005
• Launch Service Contractor Orbital Sciences
  Corporation
• Type of Launch Service Pegasus XL, Taurus
• SELVS-KSC CONTRACT Small Expendable Launch
  Vehicle Services, NAS10-99010
• Launch Service Contractor Coleman Research
  Corporation, Coleman Aerospace Co.
• Type of Launch Service LK-0
• NLS CONTRACT NASA Launch Services (NLS),
  NAS10-00-001
• Launch Service Contractor Delta Launch
  Services, Inc. (Boeing)
• Type of Launch Service Delta II, III, and IV
• NLS CONTRACT NASA Launch Services (NLS),
  NAS10-00-060
• Launch Service Contractor Lockheed Martin
  Commercial Launch Services, Inc.
• Type of Launch Service Atlas III and V

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Contracts (contd)

• Mission Support Contracts - includes Engineering
  and Analytical Services, Institutional Support,
  Base/Range Support, Program and Management
  Support (PMS), Facility OM, and Infrastructure
• The Boeing Company (KSC)
• Spacemark (VAFB)
• Commercial Payload Processing Facilities (PPFs)
• Astrotech (VAFB)
• SSI (VAFB)

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Program Commitment Agreement
ELV Program Operating Structure
ELV Strategic Planning
ELV Program Plan
ELV Project Plan
Business Operations
ELV Launch Services
Business Operations
Program Control Management Responsibilities
Flight Definition and Requirements
Information Management
Acquisition Management
Resource Management
Program Interface Agreements
KSC ORGANIZATIONS
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT
ELV FLIGHT PLANNING BOARD
DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM K-ELV-05.1
CONTRACTS
BUSINESS OBJECTIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE ELV AND
PAYLOAD CARRIERS PROGRAMS KDP-B-1022
PROGRAM/PROJECT CONTROL PROCESSES
COMMERCIAL USAF SUPPORT
BUDGET EXECUTION
ELV PROGRAM ACQUISITION PLAN K-ELV-07.1
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN K-ELV-05.X
PROGRAM CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
CORE FINANCIAL
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN K-ELV-02.3
IT PLAN K-ELV-07.X
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT
ELV RECORDS MANAGEMENT RETENTION PLAN K-ELV-05.X
PROGRAM EVALUATION
ELV PROGRAM DEFINITION IMPLEMENTATION
STRUCTURE K-ELV-02.X
POLICY REQUIREMENTS
INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVES
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
ELV Launch Services
New Capability
Safety and Flight Assurance
Vehicle Production Fleet Insight
Mission Integration
Launch Site
Mission Development
NEW VEHICLE QUALIFICATION
CUSTOMER OUTREACH PLAN
SAFETY
FACILITY READINESS
MISSION PLANNING
VEHICLE DESIGN
COMM TELEMETRY
MISSION UNIQUE BUDGET
KSC ENGINEERING STUDIES
FLIGHT ASSURANCE
PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY
PROGRAM EVALUATION BY CUSTOMER
CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVES
MISSION DESIGN INTEGRATION ENGINEERING
ENHANCEMENTS
RISK MANAGEMENT
TEST CHECKOUT
LAUNCH SITE INTEGRATION
MISSION LAUNCH MANAGEMENT
QUARTERLY EXECUTIVE DIALOGUES
NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
RESOURCE PROTECTION
POST LAUNCH
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Critical Success Indicators

• The ELV Program is developing a comprehensive set
  of performance indicators that can be applied to
  each strategy and goal
• Quality
• Rank our work compared to the world community
• Answer whether we have met our commitments and to
  what degree
• Productivity/Efficiency
• Determine whether the output we produced is a
  good value for the resources consumed
• Outreach
• Interact directly with the outside community to
  share knowledge and achievements
• Impact
• Assess the effect of our work on advancing
  existing knowledge or improving quality of
  service
• Customer Service
• Meet customer requirements and expectations
• Continually incorporate customer feedback
• Employee satisfaction
• Determine if the Program work environment fosters
  professional growth, employee well-being, and
  full utilization of employee talents as judged by
  the employees

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NASA LAUNCH SERVICES MANIFEST
APPROVED FLIGHT PLANNING BOARD 11/2/00 REV 1
CY 05
CY 00
CY 01
CY 02
CY 03
CY 04
CY 07
CY 06
SH
P
SH
SC

• SMALL CLASS (SC)

P
P
GALEX - 1/19
ESSP-5 - 3/04
ESSP-6 - 1/05
ESSP-7 - 1/06
HESS I - NET 3/28
HETE II - 10/9

• PEGASUS (P) - WFF
• ATHENA I (AI)
• TAURUS (T/S)
• NEXT GENERATION LS (NG)

SC
SH
AI
P
SPACETECH 6 - 2/05
SPACETECH 7 - 9/06
PICOSAT/STARSHINE 8/31
SCISAT/TBD NET 6/28
NG
NG
NG
NG
NG
UNESS 1 -2Q/ 03
UNESS 3 -2Q/ 05
UNESS 2 -2Q/ 04
UNESS 4 -2Q/ 06
UNESS 5 -2Q/ 07
TBD
SH
SH
VCL - NET 5/02
SYSTEMATIC 1-06
SYSTEMATIC 1-07
SC
P
SC
SC
SC
SC
SMEX-8 - 11/03
SMEX-9 - 11/04
SMEX-10 - 11/05
SMEX-11 - 11/06
SORCE -7/31
SMEX-12 - 11/07
NG
NG
NG
NG
UNEX-3 - 9/04
UNEX-4 - 9/05
UNEX -6 - 9/07
UNEX -5 - 9/06
S / T-IV

• SECONDARY (S)

D/S
D/S
TS
IMEX - NET 1/03
EO 3- 11/04
QUIKTOMS - 4/14
CHIPS - 4/02
IC/S
D/S
SPACETECH 5 - 5/03
ProSEDS - 6/11 (LRD 5/1)

• MED-LITE (ML)

D3
D3
D3
D4
TBD
TBD
D3
IMAGE - 3/25
MIDEX-6 - 6/07
GENESIS - 6/6
SPACETECH 3 9/05
PICASSO-CENA/ CLOUDSAT - 3/03
MIDEX-5 - 6/06
FAME - 7/04

• DELTA 7325/7320 (D3)
• DELTA 7425/7426 (D4)

D4
D3
D4
D3
CONTOUR - 7/1
D3
D4
EO1/SAC-C MUNN - 11/21
MAP - 6/30
NOAA-N - 12/04
NPP-BRIDGE - 12/05
SWIFT - 9/03
D3
D3
ICESAT/CATSAT 12/15
NOAA N - 12/02
D
MC
MC
MC

• MEDIUM CLASS (MC)

D
T-II
D
D
MMS - 9/06
SDO - 6/07
DEEP IMPACT 1/04
GLAST - 9/05
NOAA-L - 9/21
SIRTF - 7/15
MARS ROVER 1- 6/3
TIMED/JASON 1 NET 4/21

• DELTA 7920/7925 (D)
• DELTA 7920 H (DH)
• TITAN II (T-II) - VAFB

MC
MC
MC
D
D
D
D
DISCOVERY 9 12/05
DISCOVERY 10 12/06
DISCOVERY 11 12/07
GPB - 10/30
MARS ROVER 2 -6/27
MESSENGER 3/23
ODYSSEY - 4/7
MC
NOAA-M 6/13
T-II
D
AURA (EOS CHEM) (LRD 6/24 (7/10)
STEREO 12 - 6/04
D
AQUA (EOS-PM) NET 7/12
IIA

• INTERMEDIATE/ (IC)

IC
DIII
IC
IIA
IIA
IC
SOLAR PROBE-7/07
GOES-L - 5/3
GOES-M- 7/12
EUROPA ORBITER 1/06
TDRS J - 10/02
GOES-O - 4/04
MARS ORB - 8/05

• ATLAS (IIA/ IIAS/AV)
• DELTA (DIIIIV)

IC
IIA
DIII
IIA
DIII
NGST - 8/07
TDRS H - 6/30
GOES-N - 10/02
TDRS I - 10/01
GOES-P - 4/06
IC
MARS ORBITER-9/07
IC
MARS LANDER-9/07
FOR NASA PLANNING PURPOSES UNDER REVIEW
OSF
OSS
VAFB LAUNCH
OES
K. PONIATOWSKI C.SALVAS MANI-11-LS FPB 11/28/00
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Updated 12/20/00
Workload Outlook (contd)
Based on 2/14/01 Flight Planning Board
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Updated 12/20/00
Workload Outlook (contd)
Based on 2/14/01 Flight Planning Board
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Backups
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Transition History

• On October 24, 1997, the Associate Administrator
  for the Office of Space Flight (OSF), with the
  concurrence of the NASA Deputy Administrator
  (Technical), issued a letter which authorized the
  establishment of a Lead Center for the
  Acquisition and Management of Expendable Launch
  Vehicle (ELV) Launch Services at the John F.
  Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Program was
  transitioned to KSC in October 1998.
• NASAs ELV Program was previously distributed
  across multiple NASA Centers by vehicle class and
  program function. Launch Vehicle/Services
  acquisition studies and analyses were performed
  by both Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and
  Lewis Research Center (LeRC) (now Glenn Research
  Center) for their respective classes of vehicles.
  The acquisition and management of Ultra-Lite,
  Small, Medium-Lite (Med-Lite), and Medium class
  ELV launch services were performed by GSFC, and
  Intermediate/Large class ELV launch services were
  performed by LeRC. KSC managed the NASA launch
  site activities for launches from CCAFS, VAFB,
  and Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). Marshall
  Space Flight Center (MSFC) had, and will retain,
  the responsibility for vehicle engineering and
  insight for development vehicles that lack a
  flight history.