THE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DIVISION SHALL USE SATELLITE TOOL KIT (STK), DEVELOPED BY ANALYTICAL GRAPHICS INC.…

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THE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DIVISION SHALL USE SATELLITE TOOL KIT (STK), DEVELOPED BY ANALYTICAL GRAPHICS INC. (AGI), TO HELP ARC PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS PLAN AND CONDUCT SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS THAT HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES REGARDING FLIGHT DYNAMICS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND SENSOR SYSTEM MODELING. STK IS A MISSION DESIGN SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT ENABLES USERS TO EVALUATE THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS, AND DESIGN LUNAR AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS. STK HAS A WIDE RANGE OF CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING AN ORBITAL MECHANICS TOOL FOR PRECISION ORBITAL TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS, A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL FOR NETWORK DESIGN, A MISSION PLANNING TOOL TO SIMULATE CRITICAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, AND AN OPERATIONAL TOOL TO EVALUATE REAL-TIME SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. STK IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IN MISSION DESIGN TOOLS, AND IS THE ONLY SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED IN PLANNING, DEVELOPING AND OPERATING SPACE MISSIONS. STK HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY THAT ENABLES USERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EATH'S SYSTEM, AS WELL DESIGN LUNAR AND PLANETARY MISSIONS. STK IS MODULAR BASED, AND HAS INTERLINKING MODELS THAT, WHEN FUNCTIONING TOGETHER, PROVIDE THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE MISSION DESIGN CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF A MISSION FROM REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION AND TEST EVALUATION TO OPERATIONS AND POST-MISSION ANALYSIS. THERE IS NO OTHER COMPANY OTHER THAN AGI THAT HAS DEVELOPED A MISSION DESIGN SOFTWARE PACKAGE WITH THE FULL RANGE OF CAPABILITIES AS STK. WHILE SOME OTHER TRAJECTORY-ESTIMATING SOFTWARE DOES EXIST, IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN IN FLIGHT TO THE SAME LEVEL AS STK, IS NOT AS WIDELY USED IN GOVERNMENT OR INDUSTRY, DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME INPUT/OUTPUT CAPABILITIES, AND DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTIONAL RANGE AS STK. STK IS UNIQUE IN ITS ABILITY TO DESIGN EARTH-BASED, AS WELL AND LUNAR AND PLANETARY MISSIONS, TO COMPUTE PRECISION TRAJECTORIES AND DESIGN COMPLETE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS FOR SUCH MISSIONS, AND IN ITS VISUALIZATION AND COMPATIBILITY CAPABILITIES. EXACT ITEMS PURCHASED ARE: STKPROED-UGR-NT, STK PROFESSIONAL EDITION RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; STKINT-UGR-NT STK INTEGRATION RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES-NT WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; ATT6-UGR-NT STK/ATTITUDE RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; COM/A6-UGR-NT STK/COMMUNICATIONS MODULE RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; STKANALYZER6-UGR-NT STK/ANALYZER RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; AST6-UGR-NT STK/ASTROGATOR RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT; STKOPTIMIZER-UGR-NT OPTIMIZER EXTENSION FOR STK/ANALYZER RENEWAL ANNUAL SUPPORT AND UPGRADES WITH MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT - LINE ITEMS 1 ARE ON HOST ID# 000255B77269 AND WERE RENEWED PREVIOUSLY ON PO# AMES167.; REINSTAT_FEE REINSTATEMENT FEE, PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (NO MAINTENANCE DISCOUNT).