ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR IN FLIGHT ORBITING POES SOLID STATE RECORDERS. L3 SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT SE…

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ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR IN FLIGHT ORBITING POES SOLID STATE RECORDERS. L3 SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR IN ORBIT TIROS SOLID STATE RECORDER (SSR) FLIGHT UNITS DEVELOPED FOR THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) ADVANCED TIROS-N SERIES SPACECRAFT. L3 SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND ENGINEERING UNITS TO SUPPORT ANY RECORDER RELATED ANOMALY INVESTIGATION FROM ANY ORBITING NOAA/TIROS SATELLITE. THIS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH TELEPHONE CONSULTATION, DISCUSSIONS WITH SPACECRAFT CONTROLLERS, GSFC, NOAA, AND SPACECRAFT PRIME CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL, ANALYSIS OF TELEMETRY, COMPARISON TO PRE-LAUNCH DATA, ETC. THIS MAY INVOLVE OCCASIONAL TRAVEL TO THE NOAA CONTROL CENTER IN SUITLAND, MARYLAND. A WRITTEN REPORT, INCLUDING ANY RECOMMENDED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE CHANGES, SHALL BE PREPARED UPON DIRECTION FROM THE POES PMO. L-3 SHALL PROVIDE ANOMALY INVESTIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE TERRA AND LANDSAT-7 SOLID STATE RECORDERS FOR THE EARTH SCIENCE MISSION OPERATIONS SYSTEMS (ESMOS) PROJECT AT GSFC. THIS WILL INCLUDE FAULT ISOLATION, RESOLUTION, RECOVERY, AND CLOSURE REPORTING. THESE SERVICES MAY REQUIRE COMPARISON OF GROUND-BASED TEST DATA (OBTAINED DURING PRE-LAUNCH TEST AND QUALIFICATION AND/OR SUBSEQUENT COMPONENT TESTING) WITH TELEMETRY SIGNATURES AND TRENDING DATA OBTAINED FROM THE ORBITING SPACECRAFT, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED TO L3 COMMUNICATIONS BY THE TERRA AND LANDSAT-7 FLIGHT OPERATIONS TEAMS AT THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. WRITTEN ANALYSIS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND A FINAL REPORT SHALL BE PREPARED FOR ALL ON-ORBIT ANOMALY SUPPORT ORDERS.