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SOCC Overview

People Principles Processes Processing
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OSO Mission
Direct the operation and maintenance of NOAA and
non-NOAA environmental satellites and their
associated ground systems. Provide the highest
quality data and timely dissemination to our
domestic and global customers.
3 Divisions Satellite Operations Control
Center (SOCC) Suitland, MD Wallops
Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDA)
Wallops Island, VA Fairbanks Command and
Data Acquisition Station (FCDA) Fairbanks, AK
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Organizational Makeup

• SOCC Civil Servants 110FTEs
• SOCC Admin Staff 3 FTEs
• Control Branch 56 FTEs
• Support Branch 22 FTEs
• Software Branch 13 FTEs
• Engineering Branch 16 FTEs
• SOCC Contractors
• EMOSS 27 FTEs
• PSS 16 FTEs
• LINTRAX 2 FTEs

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Office of Satellite Operations
Kathy Kelly Director
Cheryl Johnson Secretary
Linda Brown Admin Officer
Keith Amburgey Deputy Director
Chris Beaverson Ast. to the Director
Julie Bryant Kathy Benfield Budget Analyst
Bruce Plott IT Specialist
Doug Crawford Manager, Wallops
Lance Seman Manager, Fairbanks
Ron Mahmot SOCC Manager
Roxie Brown-Jenkins Teela Norris Admin. Supt. Ast.
Karen Flerlage Prog. Supt. Spec.
Larry Ledlow Senior Systems Engineer
Rhonda Paluba Prog. Supt. Spec Alisa
Smith Secretary
Walt Schleicher Acting Chief, Support Branch
Alva Barnette Chief, Software Branch
Steve Schaffer Chief, Control Branch
Cindy Hampton Chief, Engineering Branch
Russ Worman IT Security Officer
Aerospace Corp.
Lockheed-Martin ASRC Aerospace Corp.
Northrop-Grumman Boeing
RG II Technologies Computer Science
Corp. SMI Internaitional Honeywell
SGT Inc. Integral Systems
Inc.
Bonny Pagel Prog. Supt. Spec.
Ruby Cubano Purchasing Agent
Greg Grajew Mgr, Aleut Global Solutions
John Clark Manager, SPD
Al McMath Chief, Operations Branch
Gordon Chancey Chief, Sys Support Branch
LEGEND
Government Employees Wallops, VA
Government Employees Suitland, MD
Vacant Chief, Logistics Section
Vacant Chief, Supt Services Section
Facilities Sect. Gregg Frostrom Power Support
Sys. Sup.
Government Employees Fairbanks, AK
Contractor Employees
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Operational Interactions

• Support
• -Build/Generate schedules
• -Validate schedules
• -Distribute schedules
• -Gather scheduling requirements from
• product users and engineering
• -Distribute weekly events
• -Documentation CM
• -Comm and hardware support
• -Safety
• -Security
• -Training
• Facilities

Engineering -Real-time operations
support -Performance assessment -Anomaly response
and analysis -Scheduling requirements
definition -Operations requirements
definition -Procedure and script
development -Ground system engineering -Simulator
and FSW oversight -Documentation/database CM
support -Training support -Data archiving
Mission Operations
Software -Maintain operational
s/w systems -Support new system development and
testing -Integrate and test s/w updates -Assist
regression and parallel testing -Update
documentation -Contingency support -Software
archiving -Configuration Management
Control -Real-time
operations/monitoring -Real-time data
collection -Oversight of all commanding -Update/va
lidate daily schedules -Schedule
review/execution -Generate INR products -Implement
INR reactive Sets -Operate backup
systems -Contingency response
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Control Branch
Steve Schaffer Branch Chief
Joe Perez Shift Supervisor
John Loving Shift Supervisor POES Jimi
Anzelc Carol Wallace Mike O'Dell GOES Stan
Abney Jim Haughey Rodney Ward Jeff
Logan DMSP Mike Warren Russ Jacobs Toni
Bellamy Steve Zegalia Charis Wilkinson
Ron Rademacher Shift Supervisor POES Tom
Becker Jim Ballou Justin Couture Seth
Celvestine GOES Marshall Smyly Byron
Grisham Christine Fenwick Lou Hoff DMSP Andy
Adkins Ross Loblein Todd Brooks Dave Eddy
Leon Ellison Shift Supervisor POES Mike
Jensen Steve Wallace Dennis Johnson GOES Don
Slack Tyrone Williams Daniel Moore Al
Williams Joe Royston DMSP Chad Koenig Derrick
Murray James Mussmann Arla Tillman Kelly McNeal
Lindsey Williams Shift Supervisor POES Phil
Johnson Phillis Bellamy Steve Griffith GOES Tom
Boyd Charlene Aperson Brenda Wilkins Aisha
Ali DMSP Brenda Loblein Rob Fleeman Toby
Hutchings Kevin Dailey Larry Mohler
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Engineering Branch
Cindy Hampton Branch Chief
Thaddeus Johnson Aerospace Engineer
DMSP Engineering Bob Finson Team Lead Brenda
Cumbie OLS/Sensors Manuel Valenzuela Ground
Systems Chol Chang Spacecraft Bus /Launch Brian
Walling ADACS
GOES Engineering Chris Wheeler Team Lead Michael
Downes Ground Systems Sam Chen Image/Navigation Jo
hn Tsui Spacecraft Bus /Attitude Hyre
Bysal Instruments
POES Engineering Renee Smith Dearring Team
Lead Steve Grippando Ground Systems Dong
Han Instruments Carl Gliniak Spacecraft Bus
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Software Branch
Alva Barnette Branch Chief
Polar Ground Systems Kim McCarty Technical
Lead Jim Ray DMSP Jing Han DMSP Viha
Nguyen DMSP/MPSS Sudhir Vyas POES Mike
Baker POES/SOMS
GOES Ground Systems Diane Robinson Team
Lead Greg Mundy Alex Pozniak Manan Dalal
Networks Gary McBrien
System Administrator George Reedy
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Support Branch
Walt Schleicher Acting Branch Chief
GOES Scheduling Kevin Ludlum Team Lead Alita
McKinley Oliver Hirschfeld
POES Scheduling Tom Snell Team Lead Keith
Catalan Carol Rogers Robert Roblin
Richard James Documentation Craig
Wade Communications Dennis Mailhot Communications
Gregg Parent Training Ken Haywood GOES ISSO Mary
Glaser Polar ISSO
Hardware Support Bill Carter Herald Pearsall
DMSP Scheduling Mike Tomlinson Team Lead Daniel
Brown Carl Newlon Ronald Penn Charles Fenno
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Principles

• Routine operations are performed by using
  pre-approved repeatable procedures
• Priority is given to maintaining satellite health
  safety, capturing delivering all the data,
  providing low risk and cost effective operations
• Operations Focus to the Governments Role
• Branch Chiefs
• Shift Supervisors Team Leads
• Technical Teams
• Admin Staff

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Business Processes

• Budgeting
• Procurement
• Contract Management
• Configuration Management
• Document Management
• Workforce Management

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Constellation Overview
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) manages a constellation of
four geostationary and twelve polar orbiting
meteorological spacecraft. The spacecraft
supported range in age from less than 1 year to
18 years. These satellites are distributed among
three operational programs the Geostationary
Operational environmental Satellite Program
(GOES), Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
Program (POES) and the Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program (DMSP). DMSP satellites have
been operated by NOAA in support of the U.S. Air
Force since 1997.
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Satellite Operations
24-hour Operations for GOES and Polar Systems

• Functions include
• Data Acquisition
• Spacecraft Navigation
• Spacecraft Commanding
• Health and Safety Monitoring
• Orbit Determination
• Onboard Tape Recorder Scheduling
• Anomaly Response/Resolution
• Trend Monitoring

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Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) Stations

• The CDA stations are responsible for
• Executing spacecraft commands and schedules
• Acquiring, maintaining and distributing a
  continuous flow of meteorological satellite data
• Planning, designing and implementing system
  modifications

Wallops CDA Station
Fairbanks CDA Station
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Managing the Nations Operational Environmental
Satellite Systems
Geostationary Satellites
Polar Orbiting Satellites
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Fairbanks, AK CDA Station
N
Wallops Island, VA CDA Station
Wallops Island, VA CDA Station
Equator
Satellite Subpoint
515 - 540 Miles
Equator
S
22,300 Miles
28.80 Earth Rotation Per Orbit
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Orbit Path
Orbit Plane Rotates Eastward 10 Per Day
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GOES Program Overview

• GOES satisfies national operational environmental
  requirements for 24-hour observation of weather
  and Earths environment
• To meet requirements, GOES continuously maintains
  operational satellites at two locations (75
  degrees West and 135 degrees West), with an
  on-orbit spare ready in case of failure

GOES Geographic Coverage
GOES-11 1350 West
GOES-12 750 West
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Geostationary Satellites

• Warnings to U.S. Public -- Detect, track and
  characterize
• Hurricanes
• Severe or possibly tornadic storms
• Flash flood producing weather systems
• Imagery for weather forecasting
• Sea Surface Temperature monitoring
• Winds for aviation and NWS numerical models
• Environmental data collection platforms
  including buoys, rain gauges
• Search and Rescue

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Sounder
Solar Sail
Imager
S-Band Transmit Antenna
S-Band Receive Antenna
Digital Sun Sensor
Earth Sensor
UHF Transmit/ Receive Antenna
Dual Magnetometers
Telemetry Commanding Antenna
X-Ray Sensor
Solar Array
Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite GOES 10 12 (I M)
Trim Tab
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Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite GOES 13 14 (N P)
Dual Magnetometers
Imager
Sounder
Star Trackers (3)
S-Band Antenna
S/L--Band Antennas
Solar X-Ray Imager
UHF Antenna
Solar Array
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GOES System
GOES West
GOES East
Telemetry Commands Raw Data Processed Data Data
Collection System Search Rescue
User Terminal
NSOF Suitland, MD
Products to NWS and other users
Wallops, VA Command Data Acquisition Station
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GOES I-M Ground System
Processed (EMWIN, DCS, WEFAX) Instrument (GVAR)
Data
WWB
NMC
ESPC
GSS
RPM Server
NASCOM
SPS
S W I T C H / R O U T E R
2 T-1s
FTS 2000 3 T-1s
745 Mux
745 Mux
740Mux
DOMSAT 56 kbps back-up
Modem
Modem
Router
TCS 1
Periph
Wallops CDAS
OATS
2 T-1s
Router
Periph
740 Mux
740 Mux
WBU
Router
TCS 2
2 T-1s
745 Mux
745 Mux
740 Mux
TCS 3 (DEV)
TCS 4 (GEAS)
DOMSAT 1.544 Mbps back-up
Modem
Modem
Periph
W/S (40)
Fairbanks CDAS
NASA Goddard
GEASW/S
PC
Comm
SOCC
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POES Satellites

• POES Satellites provide continuous global
  environmental observations in support of
  operational requirements for

• Weather Forecasting and Space Environment
• Detection of significant environmental events
  (e.g., fires, oil spills, volcanic eruptions)
• Measurement of climate variables (e.g.,
  atmospheric ozone)
• Ocean observations (e.g., sea surface
  temperature)
• Collection of data from surface platforms (e.g.,
  buoys)
• Search and rescue

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Solar Shield
SAR Receive Antenna
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite (POES)
IMU
AVHRR
Direction of Orbit
Batteries
ESA
HIRS
AMSU A1
Solar Array
UDA
SBUV
AMSU B
AMSU A2
LEGEND AMSU Advanced
Microwave Sounding Unit AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer ESA Earth Sensor Assembly HIRS
High Resolution Infrared
Radiation Sounder IMU Inertial
Measurement Unit SAR Search and
Rescue SBUV Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet
Sounding Spectral Radiometer UDA
Ultra High Frequency Data
Collection System Antenna
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POES System
METOP (AM)
POES (PM)
Communications Satellite
Telemetry Commands Stored Instrument
Data Direct Broadcast Instrument Data Data
Collection System Search Rescue
User Terminal
Fairbanks, AK Command Data Acquisition Station
Products to NWS and other users
NSOF Suitland, MD
Wallops, VA Command Data Acquisition Station
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POES Ground System
ESPC
PDS
P A C S V L A N
NISNIONET
DOMSAT Equipment
DOMSAT Equipment
TCS 1
FTS 2001 3 T-1s
Mux
Mux
TCS 2
Comm Controller
Router
Wallops CDAS
Comm Controller
TCS 3
NPAS
Router
SOMS
DOMSAT Equipment
Command Encrypters
FTS 2001 3 T-1s
Mux
Mux
TTS
PACS Dev VLAN
TCS
Dev PDS
Fairbanks CDAS
GSFC
SOCC
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DMSP Satellites

• DMSP Satellites provide continuous global
  environmental observations in support of
  Department of Defense authorized users.

• Weather Forecasting and Space Environment
• Land observations (e.g., soil moisture content,
  snow cover)
• Ocean observations (e.g., sea surface
  temperature, wave height, and ice cover)
• Nighttime imagery records the aurora, city lights
  and fires

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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
SSM
SSIES
SSM/I
Celestial Sensor
Direction of Orbit
Solar Array
Sun Sensor
Sun Shade
SSMT/1 2
Batteries
GLOB
OLS
LEGEND GLOB Glare
Obstructer OLS Operational Linescan
System SSIES Special Sensor Ion
Electron Scintillation SSM
Magnetometer SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave
Imager SSMT Special Sensor
Microwave Transponder
Earth Sensor Assembly
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DMSP System
DMSP
DMSP
Communications Satellite
Telemetry Commands Stored Instrument
Data Direct Broadcast Instrument Data
Fairbanks, AK Command Data Acquisition Station
NSOF Suitland, MD
Air Force Satellite Control Station
Air Force Weather Agency
User Terminal
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DMSP Ground System
DEV RA I L
D D C P
PATCH PANEL
TCS
Encrypters
SCU
AIU
TCS 1
A I K E N S W I T C H
S C U
A I K E N S W I T C H
S C U P A T C H P A N E L
E T H E R N E T S W I T C H
D D C P
DOMSAT Equipment
DOMSAT Equipment
Encrypters
Fairbanks CDAS
TCS 2
Fiber Optic
DOMSAT Equipment
TCS 3 (SW Dev)
SCU
AFSCN Sites
Equinox Switch
Dec Server
AFVSF
DOMSAT Equipment
Node 1 Link/2 Mux
Encrypters
WANIU
MPSS
AIU 1
NPAS
Node 3 Link/2 Mux
AIU 2
ESOC
SOCC
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Jason - 2

• Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OTSM) Jason-2
• Joint NOAA, NASA, CNES, EUMETSAT effort
• Provides sea surface heights for determining
  ocean circulation, climate change and sea-level
  rise

Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR)
Global Positioning System Payload
Poseidon-3 Altimeter
Solar Array
Solar Array
Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)
Doppler Orbitography and Radio Positioning
Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)
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Jason-2 Ground System
LAN - A
J2TCCS 1
J2SEQ 1
MGMT-1 VLAN
FW 1
D C N W A N
JPL
J2TCCS 2
J2SEQ 2
GWSx-550-A
LAN - B
GWSx-520
EUMETSAT
DMZ-A
NOAA Server 1
GWDMZ
Wallops CDAS
MGMT-2 VLAN
NOAA Server 2
GWSx-5503
USI NGEN
DMZ-B
LAN - C
GWSx-520
J2TCCS 3
J2SEQ 3
NOAA Server 3
File Manager
FW 3
MGMT-3 VLAN
J2TCCS 3
J2SEQ 3
NOAA Server 3
Fairbanks CDAS
SOCC
ESPC
LAN - D
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Command Control System Architecture
Characteristics

• User Interface Telemetry Display, command
  interface, real-time plotting, trend analysis,
  scripts
• Front-end processing Frame synchronization, red
  solomon decoding, packet processing, recording
• Telemetry Decommutation
• Database
• Real-time events
• Archive
• Command management

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• In conclusion, a story