AOS Radiometer RFP Vendor parameter input.xlsx

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AOS Radiometer Study. Federal contract opportunity
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80NSSC22779072Q1
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center

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1 General_Information

Instrument General InformationEntryOptional Remarks (For Supporting Information)
Instrument Name
Instrument Manufacturer
Expected platform (e.g. sub-orbital, constellation, cubesat, small sat, medium size)
Heritage (previous) demonstration(s) (sub-orbital or spaceflight)
List any instrument redundancy
Reliability/electronics parts grade

2 Radiometer Performance

Microwave Radiometer ParametersFreq 1Freq 2Optional Remarks (For Supporting Information)
Assumed operating altitude or acceptable altitude range (km)

(407 km +/- 10 km assumed for inclined orbit, 450 km +/- 10 km assumed for polar orbit) Center Frequency (GHz) (and sidebands if applicable) (Add/delete columns to the right if needed)

Polarization (V,H,P,M,L,R,3,4)
Bandwidth (MHz)
Receiver Noise Temperature (Kelvin)
Integration Time (ms) (Native Resolution)
NEDT (K) (Native Resolution)
Along-scan (or across-track) horizontal resolution (km) within the RFI target swath
Cross-scan (or along-track) horizontal resolution (km) within the RFI target swath
Along-scan (or across-track) horizontal sampling (km)
Cross-scan (or along-track) horizontal sampling (km)
Normalized NEDT (K) (at RFP Target resolution and including gain fluctuations, See RFP documentation)
Normalized NEDT (K) (at RFP Target resolution and without including gain fluctuations, see RFP documentation)
On board calibration targets (sky reflector, black body, noise diodes, etc.)
Antenna deployable (Yes/No)
Antenna beamwidth (deg)
Main beam efficiency (%)
Projected aperture diameter (m)
Scanning (conical, cross-track, push broom, none or other)
Scan rate (rpm, scan/sec, etc)
Scan cone angle (for conical) (deg)
Unobstructed field of view of the scan (deg)
Swath Width (km)

3 Supplemental Information

Use this section to provide additional information on the instrument that could be useful for the ATMOS team, and/or explanations/remarks on any of the instrument parameter entries that may be necessary. These could include, for instance:
Scalability of instrument/subsystem (e.g. antenna or telescope size, PRF, etc. for operating at different orbit altitudes) without lowering the technology readiness level
Or, identify efforts (e.g., cost/schedule) required to get back to the same TRL for anticipated instrument modification(s) to align with ACCP science objectives
Terminology definition (e.g., orbit average power vs. Day-in-Life average power)
Calibration approaches and their maturity levels
On-boarding processing schemes and their maturity levels
Instrument heritage (shown on first tab)
Assumptions used to derive detection/measurement sensitivities
Assumptions used to derive detection/measurement accuracies/precisions
Description of retrieval algorithms/techniques and their heritage
ROM cost(s) - this information would not be disclosed publically
Basis of the cost Estimate
Identify what is included in the cost estimate (spaceflight qualification testing, electrical and mechanical GSE, any flight spare components or subassemblies, programmable logic (e.g. S/W, FPGA and/or ASIC code), calibration GSE, etc)

4 Spacecraft Accommodation

Mechanical AccommodationResponse
Is there a CAD model available?
Total Instrument Mass (kg), with an indication if this is Current Best Estimate (CBE) or Maximum Expected Value (MEV)
If possible, please break down the instrument mass (kg) into engineering subsystems, and identify as CBE or MEV (electrical, optical, electro-mechanical (mechanisms), electro-optical (detectors), thermal, and structural/mechanical)
Instrument Approximate Shape

(configuration 1, 2 or 3? See diagram to right)

Dimensions (SI, cm preferred)
Science Field of View

(degrees, full-angle) (Science measurement FOV) FOV Shape (Configuration A or B?)

Science Field of Regard (degrees, full-angle) (Field of View needed to prevent stray light, glint or other issues) FOR Shape (Configuration A or B?)

Instrument pointing relative to orbit or spacecraft
Does the spacecraft need to provide any mechanisms or special structure to the instrument?

(Examples: deployable boom, sun-shield,launch locks, etc) Any special mounting requirements (vibration isolation, kinematic mounts, etc)

Does the instrument spin?
Thermal Accommodation
Operational temperature limits (degrees C)
Thermal FOV

(clear FOV need for radiators on instrument)

Does the instrument have thermal radiators that need to be accommodated on the spacecraft?
Does the instrument need a hot or cold side to the spacecraft?
Operating Modes
Add a line for each mode, pre-launch through disposal
Power Accommodation
Peak Power (W)
Orbit Average Power (W) (Include operational heaters)
Survival Heater Power (W)
Data Accommodation
Data Interface

(1553, RS422, Spacewire, etc) Peak Data Rate (Mpbs) List associated instrument mode

Orbit Average Data Rate (Mbps)
Data Latency Requirement
Does this instrument use data compression? What type (lossy, lossless)? What is the compression ratio?
Does the instrument need the spacecraft to perform data compression?
Does this instrument have any mission unique data reduction algorithms?
Timing Requirements
What is the absolute timing requirement that the instrument requires from the spacecraft?
Contamination, Venting
Contamination requirements, issues, concerns, T0 purge
Out-gassing requirements, issues, concerns
Miscellaneous
Does the instrument require any cryo-coolers?
List any other considerations important for spacecraft design

5 Orbit and Attitude

Orbit impliedResponseOptional Remarks (For Supporting Information)
Min & Max operating altitude
Range of nominal orbit e.g. range of altitude or size of sun-synch control box
If more than 1 spacecraft is required describe relative geometry or navigation requirements. Describe formation flying requirements if required
Can GPS provide all needed orbit determination?

For day-to-day ops?

For science data product reconstruction Describe Operations Concept, e.g. downlink strategy, calibration plans

AttitudeResponseOptional Remarks (For Supporting Information)
Nominal pointing attitude or frame e.g. LVLH, geodetic/geocentric
Pointing Accuracy Requirement
Pointing Knowledge Requirement
Jitter Requirement
Stability (long-term) Requirement

6 TRL

Suitable instrument candidates must be Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 by the AtmOS Instrument Preliminary Design Review (PDR). In addition to asking about the traditional TRL metrics, we wish to understand if the instrument as a system has measured the desired observables.
TRL LevelResponseBasis of Estimates and Other Remarks
Describe TRL level of instrument(s)
Are any elements or subsystems of the instrument below TRL 6, if so describe path to maturation by 6/2024. This includes identifying the elements or subsystems below TRL 6, defining the functional or performance or environmental parameters that haven't been demonstrated, listing the required testing, providing a cost and schedule estimate to accomplish that work.
Is instrument system at TRL 6? If not describe path to maturation by 6/2024.
Identify the funding source(s) supporting the effort to achieve TRL 6 and the intended application and environment.

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