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Title: Section 6 Survey of Residual Risk


1
Section 6 Survey of Residual Risk
  • Initial Survey of Residual Risk
  • Recent Reviews Considering Residual Risk
  • Special Topics
  • Redbook Candidates
  • Launch Liens

. . . Bryant Cramer NMP Implementation Manager
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Introduction
  • Completion of EO-1 has been significantly
    affected by the Red Team process
  • Red Team Charter focuses on Residual Risk
  • Consequently, the EO-1 Project has made the
    consideration of Residual Risk a specific part of
    each recent presentation
  • The involved reviews are as follows
  • Initial Pre-Ship Review December 15-17, 1999
  • Red Team Review March 28-31, 2000
  • Red Team Follow-Up Meeting June 13, 2000
  • Delta Pre-Ship Review August 8-9, 2000
  • Flight Software Independent Assessment September
    8, 2000
  • Operational Readiness Review October 3, 2000
  • Mission Readiness Review October 5, 2000

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Initial Pre-Ship Review
  • Held the initial Pre-Ship Review on 12/15-17/99
  • WARP failure had not yet occurred
  • Launch still planned for 04/13/00
  • Wanted to discuss the results of Thermal Vacuum
    Test 1
  • Acknowledged that considerable work remained to
    be completed
  • At that time, 57 specific tasks were presented as
    remaining work and areas of potential residual
    risk
  • All but one has been completed with no untoward
    outcomes
  • The remaining task, the Launch Dress Rehearsal,
    normally occurs a few days before launch and is
    scheduled by KSC

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Initial Survey of Residual Risk
  • Preparatory to the Red Team Review on 3/28-31/00,
    we did a Survey of Residual Risk
  • Developmental activities were tracked through
    community-based databases
  • There are eight such databases
  • Project-Level Reviews
  • Spacecraft
  • Flight Software
  • Operations
  • GSFC / NCR
  • Materials / Processes
  • Waivers
  • Schedule Liens
  • Vast majority (gt90) of all entries are in the
    first four databases, but since
  • Flight Software entries generally mirror
    Spacecraft entries, and
  • Operations database does not include flight
    hardware -- therefore
  • Only the Project-level reviews and the Spacecraft
    databases were surveyed for residual risk in
    preparation of the initial Red Team Review

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Initial Survey of Residual Risk (continued)
  • All of the RFAs were reviewed and 82 were
    selected to have potential residual risk
  • All of the PRs after starting with the first
    Thermal/Vacuum test were reviewed and classified
  • Any change to flight hardware
  • Any change to flight software
  • Any Redbook candidate
  • Any operational constraint
  • Any open item affecting flight hardware /
    software
  • Any significant test anomaly occurring during IT
    was also selected as a Special Topic (57)
  • These 263 residual risk candidates were reviewed
    and accepted by the GSFC Systems Safety and
    Mission Assurance Office on 3/17/00
  • All of these residual risk candidates were
    addressed in the Red Team Review with the mission
    elements wherein they reside
  • Red Team concerns were almost entirely restricted
    to the Special Topics

All of these were selected (124)
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Initial Red Team Recommendations (5/9/00)
  • Spacecraft is a single-string design
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Obtain at least 300 hours of failure-free
    operation on the entire spacecraft Estimate
    289
  • Implement the Accelerated Minimal Mission DONE
  • WARP is required for the Minimal Mission
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Obtain at least 300 hours of failure-free
    operation ESTIMATE 700
  • Perform WARP Parts Stress Analysis DONE
  • Design a WARP Back-Up DONE
  • Flight Software still undergoing change with
    minimal failure-free hours
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Conduct walk-throughs of all critical flight
    and ground S/W DONE
  • Freeze FSW DONE
  • Exercise this FSW in T/V testing DONE
  • High-Fidelity hardware / software test bed does
    not exist
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Supplement FSW Maintenance Facility DONE

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Initial Red Team Recommendations (continued)
  • QA process applied to GSFC GFE inconsistently
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Maximize failure-free operating time DONE
  • Implement Accelerated Minimal Mission DONE
  • Helium adsorption on HRGs
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Do a worst case analysis DONE
  • Improved nitrogen purge DONE
  • WARP, PSE, and ACDS had thermal cycling as
    opposed to thermal / vacuum testing
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Determine thermal stresses at maximum power
    levels DONE
  • Evaluate performance in T/V testing DONE

All initial Red Team Recommendations Accomplished
!
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Red Team Follow-Up Meeting
  • The Red Team Follow-Up Meeting on 6/13/00
    involved the following
  • Presentation and discussion of PRA, FMEA, and FTA
  • Review of earlier Red Team RFAs
  • PRA results
  • Reliability of Minimal Mission _at_ 1 year is 0.75
  • Accelerating the Data Collection Events from four
    / day to eight / day allows the Minimal Mission
    to be largely completed in four months at a
    reliability of 0.90
  • Red Team strongly recommended the implementation
    of the Accelerated Minimal Mission to achieve the
    higher reliability
  • All RFAs from the initial Red Team Review were
    accepted
  • Two new RFAs were added
  • Factor the 1R failures into the reliability
    calculations
  • Describe the single-point failures associated
    with the Safehold Mode
  • These RFAs have since been completed and accepted

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Delta Pre-Ship Review
  • Delta Pre-Ship Review held on 8/8-9/00
  • Combination review
  • Traditional Pre-Ship Review
  • Final Red Team Review
  • Single Board -- Co-Chaired by Charles Vanek and
    Ron Thomas
  • Three areas of potential risk identified
  • S-Band Transponder
  • Launch Vehicle Fairing
  • Flight Software Independent Assessment
  • All three will be presented as Special Topics
  • 21 RFAs assigned and have since been submitted

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Flight Software Independent Assessment
  • Held at GSFC on 9/08/00
  • Two members of the IVV Facility (West Virginia)
    visited GSFC
  • Requested documentation was posted at a web site
    two weeks prior to the visit
  • No formal presentations during the visit
  • Team spent the morning asking questions
  • Later inspected software documentation and
    databases
  • Organized by Bill Jackson, IVV Deputy Director
  • A different kind of review -- favorable
    impressions on both sides
  • Treated as a separate Special Topic
  • No show-stoppers
  • Made eight risk mitigating recommendations that
    we have adopted
  • Final Report included in Probabilistic Risk
    Assessment document

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Operations Readiness Review
  • Operations Readiness Review (ORR) held on 10/3/00
  • Combination Review
  • Traditional ORR -- chaired by
  • Red Team represented by Ann Merwarth
  • Walk-on chart summarizing the outcome to be
    presented at the MRR

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Special Topics
  • 1. WARP Status
  • 2. S-Band Transponder
  • 3. Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing
  • 4. Hyperion Calibration Lamps
  • 5. Flight Software Independent Assessment
  • 6. Sprague Capacitors

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Special Topic Wideband Advance Recorder /
Processor (WARP)
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WARP Status (1 of 3)
  • Wideband Advanced Recorder / Processor (WARP) is
    a microprocessor-based 48 Gb solid state memory
    that ingests all imaging data from the three
    instruments at about 500 Mb/sec
  • It is essential for the Minimal Mission
  • A 10V regulator failed initially on 1/4/00 and
    again on 2/13/00 -- the problem was found to be a
    failed Zener voltage regulator
  • The failing part overstressed other parts so that
    the entire 10V regulator board was replaced
  • The WARP was re-assembled, re-verified, and
    returned to the S/C on 5/15/00
  • Re-verification consisted of
  • Conducted susceptibility
  • Conducted emissions
  • 3-axis vibration at workmanship levels
  • Four temperature cycles
  • Functional tests between each environmental test
  • Re-integration onto the Spacecraft was
    accomplished with no difficulty

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WARP Status (2 of 3)
  • After re-integration there was a second
    spacecraft Thermal / Vacuum test (T/V II)
  • Three trips to 40C for a total of 136 hours
  • Two trips to 5C for a total of 135 hours
  • A complete CPT at 40C and 5C
  • Four functional tests during T/V II
  • Over 100 DCEs transmitted
  • No difficulties encountered
  • Over 500 hours on the new regulator board with no
    problems
  • Now over 2500 hours and well over 400 DCEs on the
    rest of the WARP
  • Calculated reliability at one year is 0.90
  • WARP is ready to fly !

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WARP Status (3 of 3)
  • After second WARP failure, it was decided to
    pursue a Back-Up Solid State Recorder (BSSR)
  • The BSSR is a reliable, independent,
    CCSDS-compatible single card solid state memory
    that fits into the WARP with its own separate
    power source
  • Team members include Litton, Orbital, and QSS
  • Work started in April 2000 and the CDR was held
    in July
  • The WARP performed very well in T/V II and work
    on the BSSR was discontinued on 9/30/00
  • A complete electrical design was completed for
    the BSSR
  • This design would raise the WARP reliability from
    0.90 at one year to 0.97, but cost a nine month
    launch delay

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Special Topic S-Band Transponder
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S-Band Transponder (1 of 6)
  • During T/V II the S-Band Transponder developed
    storms on the AGC output
  • Once properly calibrated, the AGC output is an
    analog signal proportional to the signal strength
    in the receiver and is used for this purpose
  • Diagnostic tests isolated the problem to the
    S-Band transponder and it was removed and
    returned to the manufacturer where the problem
    was readily demonstrated (the root cause was not
    determined)
  • In the interest of time, the same transponder was
    removed from the Triana mission and sent to CONIC
    for further evaluation prior to EO-1 integration
  • This transponder experienced two brief AGC
    transients while in test of CONIC
  • To demonstrate that these were random events,
    this transponder was then exposed to 50 thermal
    cycles (-20C ? 65C) in vacuum over a week

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EO-1 S-Band Transponder Test Logic(2 of 6)
20
Thermal Cycling of S-Band Transponder (3 of 6)
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S-Band Transponder (4 of 6)
  • The AGC was utterly stable and no other problems
    were encountered
  • EMI / EMC testing was successfully accomplished
    at an independent lab near CONIC
  • Re-integration onto the S/C was successfully
    accomplished
  • Successful tests
  • RF Functional Test
  • One Complete CPT
  • Spacecraft Functional Test
  • Compatibility Test Van
  • Self-Compatibility scheduled for 10/3/00
  • This transponder has over 800 hours on it and has
    passed all of our tests

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EO-1 Launch Site S-Band Integration (5 of 6)
S-Band Integration
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20
32
184
188
196
72
Denotes cumulative hours on S-band following
integration
23
EO-1 Launch Site Flow (6 of 6)
208
The S-Band Transponder is ready to fly !
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Special Topic Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing
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Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing (1 of 2)
  • Some small debris was seen on the video of the
    Globalstar-7 mission at the time of payload
    fairing separation
  • KSC ERB concluded on 3/3/00 that the actual
    debris was a lubricant called Fluoroglide
  • After examining the data, the EO-1 Project judged
    the contamination risk to be unacceptable
  • KSC ERB recommended on 6/19/00 not to fly the
    fairing as-is
  • In August, Boeing proposed a shield over part of
    the separation line
  • This approach was presented to the Delta Pre-Ship
    Review -- the Board, as well as the Project, was
    uncomfortable with this approach
  • Boeing agreed to disassemble the fairing, remove
    the Fluoroglide from the rail assembly, and
    re-assemble it using a traditional alcohol
    lubricant that leaves no residue
  • This approach has been successfully implemented
  • GSFC recommended tests confirmed the removal of
    the Fluoroglide

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Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing (2 of 2)
  • The EO-1 fairing was also slightly damaged while
    in transit to Vandenburg Air Force Base (VAFB)
  • Damage was a delamination of about 5 x 7
  • Such delaminations sometimes occur in fabrication
    and established procedures are available for
    their repair
  • Such a repair was successfully implemented
  • GSFC experts reviewed all of the KSC ERB
    documentation and are confident the repair is
    acceptable
  • Both issues with the payload fairing have been
    independently reviewed by GSFC experts and are no
    longer a concern to the Project
  • The residual risk associated with the fairing is
    acceptably low
  • HQ has requested that the Red Team review the
    resolution of these fairing issues
  • This Review is then a Launch Lien

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Special Topic Hyperion Calibration Lamps
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Hyperion Cal Lamp Anomaly Background
  • Hyperion response to primary cal lamp noticed to
    be degraded just prior to EO-1 T/V II secondary
    lamp response normal
  • Additional tests performed during T/V II
  • Primary lamp response continued to degrade
  • Secondary lamp response remained stable after
    small increase in output
  • Investigation revealed that the cal lamps were
    changing output because they were not subjected
    to an adequate burn-in prior to installation
  • Tungsten-halogen lamps must be burned-in to
    stabilize the filament (that operates at 3000C)
    before use.
  • Welch-Allyn recommends burn-in 1 of life 6.5
    hours minimum
  • Estimated cumulative on time for Hyperion lamps
    (as of 7/31/00)
  • Primary ? 2.5 hours Secondary ? 1 hour
  • Additional Hyperion cal lamp burn-in performed on
    spacecraft after EO-1 shipment to VAFB

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Hyperion Flight Cal Lamp Burn-in Results
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GSFC Extended Lamp Burn-In Results
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Maintenance of On-orbit Calibration
  • Hyperion radiometric accuracy requirement is 6
  • Case 1 Secondary cal lamps continue operation
    during mission
  • Stability of secondary lamp output is /- 0.25
  • Radiometric accuracy will remain 2.5 to 3
  • Case 2 Secondary lamps last through several
    solar cals
  • Perform solar cal as early as possible on-orbit
    to calibrate lamp output
  • If secondary fails, increase solar calibration to
    daily event
  • Uses up one of the eight scheduled image collects
    per day
  • Potential degradation in white paint reflectance
    from frequent solar exposure
  • Radiometric accuracy will remain 2.5 to 3 with
    lamps intact, degrades to 4 to 5 without lamps
  • Case 3 Secondary lamps fail immediately, before
    solar cal
  • Rely on solar calibration, cross-instrument (ALI,
    AC) and cross-platform (Landsat) measurements of
    selected ground sites, solar and lunar
    calibration
  • Radiometric Accuracy will remain at 4 to 5,
    still meeting the 6 requirement

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Special Topic EO-1 Flight Software Independent
Assessment
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Overview
  • At the EO-1 Delta Pre-ship Review, Charles Vanek
    recommended an IVV Independent Assessment (IA)
    of EO-1 Flight Software (FSW) to be completed
    before MRR
  • The IVV Facility in West Virginia provided two
    senior analysts for three weeks
  • Project documentation was provided to IA team
    prior to a face-to-face meeting
  • Final Report delivered on 9/8/00
  • EO-1 accepted all of the recommendations

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Assessment Scope
  • Check status of program issues from previous
    reviews
  • Random test runs to demonstrate
  • Command validation (accept valids / reject
    invalids)
  • Exception handling
  • FSW Patch uplink verification
  • Ops mode transitions
  • Review problem closures and verification
    techniques
  • TSM/RTS and FDC actions and relationship to FMEA

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Review Materials Provided
  • Review Presentations (CDR, PSR, Red Team, and
    Delta PSR)
  • FMEA, FTA, and PRA documentation
  • Access to PTR, PR, and Work Order Databases
  • FSW design specs and data flow diagrams
  • Test procedures, setup, and condition
    descriptions
  • Test output, logs, and other reporting
    documentation

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Findings
  • No significant risks unresolved from previous
    reviews
  • FSW test practices and coverage of the testing
    adequate
  • Trending analysis demonstrates that FSW is mature
    and the development process is stable
  • No issues identified against fault contingency
    processes or fault handling
  • Eight procedural or documentation clean-up
    recommendations which are being completed by the
    Project

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Recommendations
  • Table upload procedures to include processor
    restart recovery check
  • Default memory scrub rate to be increased if
    dictated by SEU predictions
  • Central server for baseline program documentation
    to be implemented before launch
  • Traceability from FSW requirements to test cases
    to be documented before launch
  • Future Work Orders to be annotated to identify
    steps that address each PTR closure
  • Project to review and close remaining PTRs
  • Inaccurate comments in RTS database to be
    corrected
  • FDC table entries to be annotated with reference
    sources

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Special Topic Sprague Capacitors
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Vishay Sprague Capacitor Issue
  • At GSFC, IRAC mission had a Vishay Sprague CWR09
    part failure. GSFC team went to Sprague to
    investigate the issue.
  • GSFC discovered that Spragues test procedures
    and test fixture problems have allowed an
    undetermined number of improperly screened
    capacitors to be delivered to several GSFC
    missions (IRAC, EO-1, MAP)
  • CWR09 capacitors from Sprague are suspect, if
    they were processed at the West Palm Beach
    facility. Capacitors from Spragues Concord
    facility are not affected.
  • Data from the origins of CWR09 lots is being
    gathered by EO-1 part engineers.
  • 12 suspect capacitors are in the WARP box.
  • Engineers are currently evaluating the specific
    locations are these capacitors to understand the
    severity of this issue.
  • CWR06 capacitors from Sprague also may be
    suspect.
  • WARP, PSE and possibly ALI may contain these
    suspect capacitors.
  • Part Engineer's are evaluating the CWR09 parts
    first, then will investigate the CWR06 parts.
  • CWR06 parts are more numerous than the CWR09s.

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Vishay Sprague Capacitor Issue
  • Successful testing of residual parts from same
    lot as flight is a way to mitigate change out if
    sufficient quantities exist, at least 100 per
    lot. Small samples will not provide sufficient
    data. EO-1 does not have sufficient residual
    parts to test, so this is not an option.
  • Date Code is not a factor. All date codes for
    parts tested at West Palm Beach facility are
    suspect.
  • This issue emerged on 9/29/00 and is still being
    worked.
  • The resolution of this issue becomes a Launch
    Lien.

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Vishay Sprague Capacitor Issue
  • At GSFC, IRAC mission had a Vishay Sprague CWR09
    part failure. GSFC team went to Sprague to
    investigate the issue.
  • GSFC suspects that Spragues test procedures and
    test fixture problems may have allowed an
    undetermined number of inadequately screened
    capacitors to be delivered to several GSFC
    missions (IRAC, EO-1, MAP)
  • CWR09 capacitors from Sprague are suspect, if
    they were processed at the West Palm Beach
    facility. Capacitors from Spragues Concord
    facility are not affected.
  • Data from the origins of CWR09 lots have been
    gathered by EO-1 part engineers.
  • Six suspect capacitors are in the WARP.
  • Engineers are currently evaluating the specific
    locations of these capacitors to understand the
    severity of this issue.

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Vishay Sprague Capacitor Issue
  • Successful testing of residual parts from same
    lot as flight is a way to mitigate change out if
    sufficient quantities exist, at least 100 per
    lot. Small samples will not provide sufficient
    data. EO-1 does not have sufficient residual
    parts to test, so this is not an option.
  • Date codes near to IRAC for parts tested at West
    Palm Beach facility are suspect.
  • This issue became known to EO-1 on 9/29/00 and is
    now being worked aggressively.
  • The resolution of this issue becomes a Launch
    Lien.

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Current Status
  • Screening
  • Since the concern is potential early failures
    that escaped through faulty factory screening
    tests, these parts are somewhat less likely to be
    involved due to
  • Successful completion of a 50A surge test, and
  • Over 2500 hours of use with no difficulties not
    a part of LVPC re-build
  • Application
  • The six parts are in the WARP RSN
  • They are power filters across a 15V regulated
    supply
  • They are rated at 50 VDC -- derated gt3 to 1
  • This is not a stressful application and promotes
    self-healing of the capacitor current limited
    voltage source
  • Still defining the consequences of a failure
  • Resolution
  • All of the necessary data will be available next
    week
  • Codes 300, 400, and 500 will concur and provide
    an e-mail to the PMC Chairman

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Redbook Candidates
  • The EO-1 Project proposes the following ten
    events as Redbook candidates
  • In order of priority
  • 1. Helium adsorption on HRGs
  • 2. Hyperion calibration lamps
  • 3. One-time, unrepeatable, unexplained events
  • a. Apparent X-Band RF frequency shift
  • b. A/D anomalous maximum value
  • c. Chassis current transient
  • d. Sustained SADA chassis current event
  • The helium absorption is a small but real risk
    due to the significant release of helium from the
    Launch Vehicle in the event of a launch scrub --
    we have done all that we can, but a small, finite
    risk remains
  • The rest are of minimally low risk

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Redbook Candidate (1 of 7)
  • Litton Space Inertial Reference Unit uses three
    Hemispherical Resonator Gyros (HRGs)
  • Atmospheric helium adsorbs on the quartz of the
    HRGs increasing their Parametric Drive Voltage
    (PDV)
  • Not a problem until Spacecraft arrived in
    Building 7 where helium is used in the
    environmental chamber testing processes
  • PDV initially about -1.0V and decreased to -2.80V
    within a month. HRGs fail to reliably start when
    below -5.0V
  • Nitrogen purge quickly installed and subsequently
    improved including continuous atmospheric
    monitoring
  • Primary helium source determined to be a vent
    near the Building 7 air intake -- since moved
  • This approach has been successful and implemented
    at the launch site for continuous purging while
    at VAFB and on the launch stand
  • PDV is slowly increasing and now stands at -2.6V
  • Our goal was to be above -4.0V throughout the
    launch campaign and we have met this goal
  • Remaining risk is the potential release of
    significant helium from the launch vehicle in the
    event of a launch scrub and our purge system
    fails outright
  • We are theoretically protected, but a small,
    finite risk remains in the event of a launch scrub

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Redbook Candidate (2 of 7)
  • Directly prior to T/V II, the Hyperion primary
    calibration lamps were found to be degraded, but
    the secondary was normal
  • Investigation revealed that the calibration lamps
    were not adequately burned-in
  • During additional burn-in, a primary calibration
    lamp failed
  • Subsequent examination of 15 bulbs from the same
    lot revealed
  • An anticipated life of 146 hours -- quite
    adequate for the mission
  • Halogen cycle not working well at ambient
    pressure
  • Halogen cycle working properly in vacuum
  • To change out the primary calibration lamps is a
    two-month launch delay
  • The secondary is stable and should last
    throughout the mission
  • These calibration lamps are transfer standards
    between solar calibrations
  • Operational workarounds have developed to
    compensate for the loss of the secondary
    calibration lamps and still maintain radiometric
    accuracy
  • This is a negligible risk -- See Special Topic
    for details

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Redbook Candidate (3 of 7)
  • After Spacecraft vibration on 8/4/99, the first
    attempt to use the X-Band downlink resulted in
    failure to achieve carrier lock
  • Test personnel saw an apparent frequency shift of
    6-7 MHz on spectrum analyzer
  • The next day, more equipment was brought in to
    examine the problem, but it disappeared and never
    occurred again
  • Detailed examination failed to find the cause of
    the problem so a panel of independent experts was
    convened by the Deputy Center Director
  • FTA performed and individual branches
    systematically ruled out
  • Experts Findings
  • Flight hardware essentially ruled out as probable
    cause
  • Most likely cause was RF GSE cables that were
    damaged in handling / use
  • Damaged cables display selective frequency
    attenuation (SFA) that leads to loss of carrier
    lock and an apparent frequency shift
  • These cables were replaced by the Project early
    in its investigation

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Redbook Candidate (4 of 7)
  • Some of these RF GSE cables were subsequently
    found and tested -- they displayed SFA
  • David Israel (Code 527) was able to successfully
    model an apparent frequency shift based on SFA
    for comparable cables
  • X-Band System now has over 700 hours on it since
    this one-time incident and has successfully
    downlinked well over 300 DCEs
  • Although never specifically reproduced, there is
    strong circumstantial evidence to believe that RF
    GSE cables were responsible for this one-time
    event
  • This concern is of negligible risk to the mission

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Redbook Candidate (5 of 7)
  • PR-837-20-1 While loading software in the
    housekeeping RSN, the A/D in the PSE RSN
    indicated that the PSE LVPC total output current
    was FF or 19.275A for one sample while the
    Spacecraft was quiescent and no heaters were ON
  • Occurred only once in over 2500 hours (gt9 x 106
    samples)
  • LVPC overcurrent trip did not occur
  • Umbilical telemetry (battery current, battery
    voltage, and chassis current) remained nominal
  • Fault tree analysis completed and each branch
    explored
  • No credible cause was identified
  • No evidence of FF representing actual current
  • GSE found to be operating normally
  • A/D timing explored and found to be adequate, but
    marginal
  • Conclude this is a random event of unknown
    etiology
  • Judged to be a random event of low risk to the
    mission

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Redbook Candidate (6 of 7)
  • PR-770-20-3 describes a one-time transient of
    300ma chassis current that occurred on the
    stripchart recorder on 11/22/99
  • The transient was less than one second in
    duration
  • The event was also seen in the telemetry
  • EMC testing was occurring at the time of the
    transient and various test probes were connected
    to the Spacecraft power bus
  • Investigation was unable to identify a probable
    cause
  • This transient was most likely associated with
    the GSE used in the EMC testing
  • As such, this one-time transient is of negligible
    risk to the mission

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Redbook Candidate (7 of 7)
  • PR-572-30-10 describes a prolonged chassis
    current of 925 ma on 8/20/99
  • Ad hoc testing following the event was able to
    reduce the problem by moving the Solar Array
    Simulator Cable (EGSE)
  • Inspection of this cable revealed split
    insulation on several wires in the backshell of
    the connector
  • A new Solar Array Simulator Cable was fabricated
  • In the succeeding 2500 hours of Spacecraft
    powered testing the problem has not recurred
  • Although we cannot be absolutely certain, there
    is strong presumptive evidence that the failed
    insulation in the EGSE cable was responsible for
    this event
  • This event is of negligible risk to the mission

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Launch Liens
  • Successful completion of remaining planned work
  • Sprague capacitors in WARP LVPC (IRAC problem)
  • Conduct Red Team review of fairing issues
  • Complete closure of open paper
  • Completion of any RFAs from MRR
  • Presentation of MRR Overview to Office of Earth
    Science
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