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LSP-PLN-333.01-PACE-LSSP

Preliminary

August 2022

Launch Services Program

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)

Launch Site Support Plan

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APPROVAL PAGE

Scope of Agreement

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Services Program (LSP) Flight Planning Board NASA Launch Services Manifest authorizes the launch of this spacecraft.

This Launch Site Support Plan (LSSP) is an agreement between the NASA Launch Site Integration Manager (LSIM), the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) spacecraft project representative, and SpaceX for the products and services for launch site processing in NASA provided facilities. By signing this LSSP, the NASA LSIM concurs that plans, and requirements have been coordinated with the appropriate launch site personnel and commitments have been received by the appropriate parties to provide the required support and services.

The spacecraft project representative and SpaceX signature on the document indicate awareness of and compliance with applicable policies that govern launch site processing as well as validation of their requirements. Launch site processing at KSC/CCSFS is defined in the LSP-UG-332.01, Guide for Launch Services Program Spacecraft Processing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Revision and Control

Publication of this LSSP is controlled in the NASA Technical Documentation System. Access to the LSSP is available through the LSP Mission Library System (MLS) or through BOX. Revisions to this LSSP are tracked on page 4 of the LSSP revision log. Comments, corrections, or updates should be directed to one of the following:

Brett Perkins

Launch Site Integration Manager (LSIM) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Telephone: 321-867-2849 E-Mail address: brett.d.perkins@nasa.gov

Roy Fisher

Launch Site Support Engineer (LSSE) Kennedy Space Center, Florida Telephone: 321-867-0017 E-Mail address: roy.a.fisher@nasa.gov

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL PAGE

PACE LSSP REVISION LOG

PACE LSSP CHANGE LOG

PACE LSSP TO BE DETERMINED (TBD) / TO BE CONFIRMED (TBC) LOG

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION AND PROCESSING GUIDELINES

1.0 SPACECRAFT PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Figure 1.1 PACE Observatory in Launch Configuration

2.0 LAUNCH SITE PROCESSING

2.1 PACE OBSERVATORY LAUNCH SITE PROCESSING

2.1.1 PACE OBSERVATORY LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW

Figure 2.1 MSSC System

Figure 2.2 PACE Launch Site Processing Flow

2.1.2 PACE PPF Work Area Notional Layouts

Figure 2.3 Control Room 1, Configuration 1 – EGSE

Figure 2.4 Control Room 1, Configuration 2 – Prop Load

Figure 2.5 Control Room 2 – Launch Control Room

Figure 2.6 Control Room 3 - Network Racks

Figure 2.7 PPF Airlock Arrival Logistics – Unloading The Spacecraft

Figure 2.8 High Bay

Figure 2.9 Hazardous Processing Facility (Fueling Layout)

2.1.1 PACE Ground Support Equipment

Figure 2.10 Electrical Ground Support Equipment Racks

Figure 2.11 Observatory Dolly

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 1 of 3)

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 2 of 3)

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 3 of 3)

Figure 2.13 Solar Array Deployment Gantry (Contingency)

Table 2.1 EGSE and MGSE Specifications

Table 2.2 EGSE Specifications

2.1.2 SPACECRAFT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL AGREEMENTS

Table 2.3 PACE Environmental and Contamination Control Requirements

Table 2.4 PACE Purge Outage Limitations

2.2 FALCON 9 PROCESSING REQUIRING NASA LSP SUPPORT

2.2.1 Falcon 9 PROCESSING ACTIVITIES IN NASA LSP FACILITIES

2.2.2 LAUNCH VEHICLE PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL AGREEMENTS

2.3 LAUNCH SITE CONTINGENCY PLANNING

2.3.1 Severe Weather/Natural Disasters

2.3.2 Wildfires/Controlled Burns

2.3.3 Emergency Plan for Processing Facility

2.3.4 Power Outages

2.3.5 Launch Scrub/Turnaround

2.3.6 Emergency Fuel Off-Load

3.0 REFERENCE EXHIBITS

Table 3.1 LSP Spacecraft Launch Site Deliverables

4.0 SPACECRAFT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS AND COMM MATRIX

Table 4.1 PACE Support Requirements

Table 4.2 PACE Comm Support Requirements

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this document.

Ø Phase

A Ampere ACS American Chemical Society Admin Administrative Ahr Amp-hour AHU Air Handling Unit AKA Also Known As AL Airlock ANSI American National Standards Institute ASO Astrotech Space Operations ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

B Building BLDG Building BOSS LSP Business Operating Success Strategies (BOSS)

C Celsius CAT Category CC Contamination Control CCE Contamination Control Engineer CCP Contamination Control Plan CCSFS Cape Canaveral Space Force Station CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CFM or cfm Cubic Feet per Minute CGA Compressed Gas Association CHU Camera Head Unit CLC Closed Loop Certification CLM Cubic Liters per Minute CLN RM Cleanroom CNT RM Control Room COMM Communication COMSEC Communications Security COORD Coordination CPT Comprehensive Performance Test CR Cleanroom CSS Coarse Sun Sensor CWA Clean Work Area

DAQ Data Acquisition DECON Decontamination DI Deionized (Water) DOT Department of Transportation DTC Design To Cost DTE Direct To Earth DVD Digital Video Disc

ECS Environmental Control System EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment ELSA Emergency Life Support Apparatus ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle EMI Electromagnetic Interference ENG or Eng. Engineer/Engineering Environ Environment EPO Emergency Power Off EQUIP Equipment ESD Electrostatic Discharge

F Fahrenheit FN Foreign National FOD Foreign Object Debris FPLA Flight Payload Adapter FPM or fpm Feet per Minutes FR Fire Retardent

GCP Ground Cryptographic Processor GDS Goddard Dynamic Simulator GHe Gaseous Helium GHz Giga-Hertz (Hertz x 10E9) GLC Goddard Loading Cart GN2 Gaseous Nitrogen GOR Ground Operations Review GPS Global Positioning System GS Ground Segment GSE Ground Support Equipment GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

H Height HARP-2 Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter 2 HD High Definition HEPA High Efficiency Particle Air HPF Hazardous Processing Facility HPM Hydrazine Propulsion Module HSF Hazardous Storage Facility HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Hz Hertz

I&T Integration and Test IAW In Accordance With ICD Interface Control Document IEST Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology I/F Interface IP Internet Protocol IPA Isopropyl Alcohol (same as 2-Propanol) ipm Inches per Minute ISO International Organization for Standardization ISP Internet Service Provider

KHz Kilo Hertz KSC John F. Kennedy Space Center kVA Kilovolt-Ampere

L Length LAF LSSP Amendment Form LAN Local Area Network lbf Pounds-force

lb. Pound lbs. Pounds LCD Liquid Crystal Display LN2 Liquid Nitrogen LOC Load Operations Conductor LOC Location LOE Load Operations Engineer LPM Liters per Minute LRR Launch Readiness Review LS Launch Segment LSC Launch Service Contractor

LSIM Launch Site Integration Manager LSP Launch Services Program LSSC Launch Site Support Coordinator LSSE Launch Site Support Engineer LSSP Launch Site Support Plan

Max Maximum MBPS Megabits per Second MCE Mission Comm Engineer MEOP Maximum Expected Operating Pressure MFP Multi-Function Printer MGSE Mechanical Ground Support Equipment MHz Mega-Hertz (Hertz x 10E6) MIL-PRF Military Performance Specification MIL-STD Military Standard Min Minimum or Minute MISC Miscellaneous MOC Mission Operations Center

MMS Magnetospheric Multiscale MSPSP Missile Systems Prelaunch Safety Package MSSCS Modular Spacecraft Shipping Container System

N/A or NA Not Applicable NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NET No Earlier Than NISN NASA Integrated Services Network NLS NASA Launch Services (Contract) NLT No Later Than NTE Not to Exceed NTR Network Timing Reference NVR Non Volatile Residue

OCI Ocean Color Instrument OD Operation Directive Document (Range Document) OMGSE Optical Mechanical Ground Support Equipment OPS or Ops Operations OR Operation Requirements Document (Range Document) ORT Operational Readiness Test OSHA Operational Safety and Health Administration

PACE Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem PAO Public Affairs Office (Outreach) PDR Preliminary Design Review P/L Payload PLA Payload Adapter PLF Payload Fairing PMEL Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory PMF Payload Mate Fixture POC Point of Contact POTS Plain Old Telephone System PPB or ppb Part per Billion PPF Payload Processing Facility PPM or ppm Part per Million PRD Program Requirements Document PRP Personnel Reliability Program PSC Propellant Sampling Cart PSIA Pounds per Square Inch - Absolute

RBF Remove Before Flight REQ Requirement REV Revision RF Radio Frequency RH Relative Humidity RHPH Raschig High Purity Hydrazine RSDO Rapid Spacecraft Deployment Office

S/A or SA Solar Array SAS Solar Array Simulator S/C or SC Spacecraft SCAPE Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble SCFH Standard Cubic Feet Per Hour SCFM Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute SDS Safety Data Sheet SDS Science Data Segment SLC-40 Space Launch Complex-40 SLD 45 Space Launch Delta 45 (formerly 45th Space Wing) SPEXone Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration one

sq. Square SRON Space Research Institute of the Netherlands SS Stainless Steel STD Standard STF Structural Transport Frame STM Safe to Mate

TBC To Be Confirmed TBD To Be Determined TBR To Be Reviewed TBS To Be Supplied TM Telemetry

UMB Umbilical Rack UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply UTC Coordinated Universal Time (Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time, GMT)

VAC Volts AC (Alternating Current) V/M Volts per meter

W Width WAN Wide Area Network

REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION AND PROCESSING GUIDELINES

The following list of references is provided for use in planning and implementing a launch site processing flow in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Launch Site Requirements Documentation

1. IEST-STD-CC1246 Product Cleanliness Levels - Applications, Requirements, and Determination

2. ISO 14644-1

and 14644-2 Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments:

Part 1, Classification of air cleanliness by particle concentration, and Part 2, Monitoring to provide evidence by cleanroom performance related to air cleanliness by particle concentration

3. KNPR 1840.1 KSC Hazard Communication Program

4. KNPR 1860.1 Kennedy Space Center Ionizing Radiation Protection

Program

5. KNPR 1860.2 Kennedy Space Center Non-Ionizing Radiation

Protection Program

6. KNPR 8500.1 KSC Environmental Requirements

7. KNPR 8715.3 KSC Safety Procedural Requirements

8. KTI-5212 Material Selection List for Plastic Films, Foams and

Adhesive Tapes

9. LSP-UG-330.01 Launch Services Program (LSP) Business Operating

Success Strategies (BOSS)

10. MIL-PRF-27401 Performance Specification: Propellant Pressurizing

Agent, Nitrogen

11. MIL-PRF-27407 Performance Specification: Propellant Pressurizing

Agent, Helium

12. NPR 1600.1A NASA Security Program Procedural Requirements

13. NPR 8621.1C NASA Procedural Requirements for Mishap and Close

Call Reporting, Investigating, and Recordkeeping

14. NPR 8715.7A Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Payload Safety

Program

15. 49 CFR Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - Title 49, Transportation

Launch Site Reference Documentation

1. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Contamination Control Manual

2. LSP-UG-411.02 Spacecraft Closeout Shelter User’s Guide

3. LSP-UG-411.03 Spacecraft Closeout Shelter Operation and Reference

Guide

4. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Security Manual

5. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Safety Manual

6. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Florida Tropical Storm and Hurricane

Preparation and Recovery Plan

7. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Florida Facility Accommodation

Manual

8. [TBD] [Facility Specific] Florida Facility Safety Manual

9. KDP-KSC-P-3006 Kennedy Space Center Tropical Storm and Hurricane

Preparation

10. KNPR 2570.1 KSC Radio Frequency Spectrum Management

Procedural Requirements

11. LSP-UG-411.01 Facilities Handbook for Building AE

12. LSP-UG-411.08 Facility Handbook for Payload Hazardous Servicing

Facility (PHSF)

13. KPL-PLN-50007 KSC Payload Facility Contamination Control

Requirements Plan

14. KPL-PLN-50008 Payload Facility Contamination Control Implementation

Plan

15. KSC-UG-1800 John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Medical Standards

User Guide

16. LSP-F-361.01 Customer Hurricane Plan Boilerplate

17. LSP-UG-332.01 Guide for NASA Spacecraft Processing at the Kennedy

Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS)

18. NPR 2570.1 NASA Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Management Manual

19. [TBD] Facility Standard Interface Drawings - may be CDRL

Launch Service Contractor and Range Documentation

1. AFSPCMAN 91-710

(or) EWR 127-1

Range Safety User Requirements Manual Eastern and Western Range (EWR) Range Safety Requirements

2. NASA-STD-8719.24 NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Payload Safety Requirements

3. [OR Program #] PACE Operations Requirements Document

4. [Annex ID] PACE Program Requirements Document

5. 40 CFR 1500 Executive Council on Environmental Quality Regulations

6. Current Version Launch Service Contractor to Payload Interface Control

Document

PACE Project Documentation

1. PACE-INT-PLAN-TBD PACE Launch Site Ground Operations Plan

2. PACE-MECH-PLAN-0386 PACE Storage, Transportation and Handling Plan

3. PACE-CNTM-PLAN-0340 PACE Observatory Purge Plan

4. PACE-SYS-PLAN-TBD PACE Light Strike and Response Plan

5. PACE-SYS-PLAN-0019 PACE Contamination Control Plan

6. PACE-SMA-ANYS-0127 PACE/OCI Safety Data Package

1.0 SPACECRAFT PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The following organizations are involved in the concept, design, development, and launch of Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE):

a. Sponsored by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate

b. Managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

c. Manufactured and provided by NASA’s GSFC

d. Processed at [TBD] Payload Processing Facility (PPF)

e. Launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9

The PACE mission is a strategic climate continuity mission that was defined in the 2010 document Responding to the Challenge of Climate and Environmental Change: NASA’s Plan for Climate- Centric Architecture for Earth Observations and Applications from Space (referred to as the “Climate Initiative”). The Climate Initiative complements NASA’s implementation of the National Research Council’s 2007 and 2017 Decadal Surveys of Earth Science at NASA, NOAA, and USGS, entitled Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond and Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observations from Space, respectively.

PACE will extend the high-quality ocean ecological, ocean biogeochemical, cloud, and aerosol particle data records begun by NASA in the 1990s, building on the heritage of the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The mission will be capable of collecting radiometric and polarimetric measurements of the ocean and atmosphere, from which these biological, biogeochemical, and physical properties will be determined. PACE data products will not only add to existing critical climate and Earth system records, but also answer new and emerging advanced science questions related to Earth’s changing climate.

PACE is classified as a Category 2 mission, per the criteria in NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 7120.5E, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements. The mission classification is C according to NPR 8705.4B, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads.

The PACE Observatory is comprised of three instruments, an Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) and two polarimeters, the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter 2 (HARP2) and the Spectro- Polarimeter for Exploration (SPEXone). The OCI is the primary instrument on the Observatory and is being developed at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The OCI is a hyperspectral scanning radiometer designed to measure spectral radiances from the ultraviolet to shortwave infrared (SWIR) to enable advanced ocean color and heritage cloud and aerosol particle science.

The HARP2 and SPEXone are secondary instruments on the PACE Observatory, acquired outside of GSFC. The HARP2 is multi-spectral, wide swath (supporting atmospheric correction of OCI) and hyper-angular (good for clouds). The SPEXone is narrow swath and hyperspectral, better for characterizing aerosol microphysical properties.

The PACE Observatory in launch configuration is depicted in Figure 1.1.

Figure 1.1 PACE Observatory in Launch Configuration

This three-instrument PACE mission has the following multiple scientific goals:

• Extending key systematic ocean biological, ecological, and biogeochemical climate data records and cloud and aerosol climate data records;

• Making global measurements of ocean color data products that are essential for understanding the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystem responses to a changing climate;

• Collecting global observations of aerosol and cloud properties, focusing on reducing the largest uncertainties in climate and radiative forcing models of the Earth system; and,

• Improving our understanding of how aerosols influence ocean ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles and how ocean biological and photochemical processes affect the atmosphere.

The PACE project office at NASA’s GSFC is responsible for the satellite development, launch and operations. The mission is planned for launch into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at 676.5 km with an inclination of 98 degrees and a 1 pm local ascending node crossing time. The spacecraft bus will host the OCI, HARP2, and SPEXone instruments. The GSFC PACE Project office will oversee the mission and the development of the satellite, launch vehicle, mission operations control center, and operations. The NASA Headquarters Program Science will separately fund the science data processing system and competed science teams, which will include field-based vicarious calibration and data product validation efforts to support the Project science team.

NASA Headquarters has directed the mission development to be guided by a Design-to-Cost (DTC) process. All elements of the mission, other than the cost, are in the DTC trade space. At the heart of the DTC process are the mission studies, performed across all the mission elements.

The mission studies will be used to define appropriate approaches within and across elements while maximizing science capabilities at a high-cost confidence. Mission baseline requirements development is also embedded within the DTC process, as these requirements were not established at the onset of the mission concept development. Baseline mission requirements will be a product of the mission studies and will be defined by the project office as part of the DTC process.

The PACE mission consists of four major segments: space segment (SS), ground segment (GS), science data segment (SDS), and the launch segment (LS).

• The space segment consists of the spacecraft bus, the OCI, and two polarimeters. The spacecraft and OCI are being developed and integrated at GSFC. The polarimeters are contributed instruments. The spacecraft and instruments will be integrated as the PACE Observatory at GSFC.

• The GS and associated Mission Operations Center (MOC) will be developed, integrated, and operated at GSFC. The GS provides for the command and control and health and safety monitoring of the PACE Observatory on-orbit, as well as ensuring the science data are accounted for and delivered to the SDS via the Data Acquisition Processing and Handling Environment (DAPHNE) Cloud.

• The MOC will house the flight operations team (FOT) and is being managed by the PACE project through Observatory commissioning. After commissioning, the FOT will be managed by the GSFC Earth Science Mission Operations (ESMO) project. The MOC performs all real time operations and off-line operations functions, including planning and scheduling, orbit, and attitude analysis, housekeeping telemetry data processing, monitoring/managing the spacecraft and instruments, first line health/safety for the instruments, and housekeeping archiving and analysis.

• The SDS will be located at GSFC, but managed (separately from the project) by the NASA Headquarters Earth Sciences Division. The SDS will ingest, apply calibration and science algorithms, and process the science data, provide science software development and algorithm integration, act as the science data interface to the science team, and deliver all science data products to the NASA-assigned Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).

• The LS consists of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle that was procured by the NASA Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The launch site is planned to be at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The project will utilize the NASA/GSFC institutional capabilities such as the Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF), the Advanced Communications Capabilities for Exploration and Science Systems (ACCESS) project, the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), the Space Network (SN), and the NASA Integrated Services Network (NISN). PACE plans to generate 3.5 Terabits of science data daily. The data are downlinked from the Observatory during 12-14 daily contacts via Ka-band communications to the ACCESS Direct to Earth (DTE) ground stations. The Observatory will also receive ground commands and transmit real-time housekeeping telemetry via a S-band 2-way link through the DTE during nominal operations. The Observatory also has the capability of receiving ground commands and transmitting real-time housekeeping telemetry, via S-Band, through the ACCESS Space Relay (SR) during critical or contingency operations.

Further information on the spacecraft project can be found on the World Wide Web at https://pace.oceansciences.org/. Information relating to the SpaceX project can be found on the World Wide Web at http://spacex.com.

2.0 LAUNCH SITE PROCESSING

The spacecraft project has prime responsibility for spacecraft assembly, test, and servicing while processing at the launch site. NASA LSP provides support services to the spacecraft program and personnel at the launch site. The NASA Launch Site Integration Manager (LSIM) is responsible for arranging, coordinating, and verifying these launch site support services for PACE.

An overview of the processing and agreements for PACE is listed in section 2.1.

The Launch Service Contractor (LSC) has prime responsibility for launch vehicle hardware assembly, test, and servicing while processing in NASA LSP provided facilities. NASA LSP provides support services to the LSC at LSP provided facilities for the work necessary for Falcon 9 integration activities. The NASA LSIM is responsible for arranging, coordinating, and verifying these LSP facility support services for the Falcon 9. An overview of the processing and agreements for Falcon 9 is listed in section 2.2.

Section 2.3 describes special contingency situations, agreements, and support services that may be required by PACE while at the launch site.

2.1 PACE OBSERVATORY LAUNCH SITE PROCESSING

The detailed launch site processing products and services requested by the Observatory Project are listed in the PACE Support Requirements (Tables 4.1 and 4.2). The LSIM and the PACE Launch Integration Manager have developed the detailed launch site processing requirements for the Observatory, and the commitment for providing these requirements as listed. At the Baseline publication of this LSSP, all requirements in Tables

4.1 and 4.2 with a To Be Determined (TBD) in the Y/N column will be worked in a timely manner for final resolution prior to their need.

2.1.1 PACE OBSERVATORY LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW

The PACE Observatory will be transported over-the-road from GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland to the NASA LSP-contracted PPF at KSC/CCSFS, Florida. Upon arrival it will undergo final integration, testing, and launch. NASA LSP is providing the contracted commercial PPF [TBD] for the Observatory Project to conduct pre-launch processing.

PACE will be shipped over the road using the GSFC Modular Spacecraft Shipping Container (MSSC). This container has previously been used for the Landsat-9, ICESat-2, LDCM and MMS missions. The transporter provides environmental control and monitoring during shipment, and telemeters data to the technical chase vehicles. The MSSC is depicted in Figure 2.1.

Figure 2.1 MSSC System

After the standalone processing is completed, it will be encapsulated in the payload fairing at the PPF and then transported by trailer to the launch site at Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) for final integrated testing, processing, and launch. Major launch site activities for PACE are comprised of the following:

a. Arrival, setup, and inspection

b. Observatory stand-alone testing

c. Observatory fueling operations

d. Observatory inspections and close-out activities

e. Launch rehearsals

f. Integrated operations with launch service provider

g. Pack-up and departure activities (following launch)

A diagram of the launch site processing flow activities is included as Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2 PACE Launch Site Processing Flow

2.1.2 PACE PPF Work Area Notional Layouts

This section provides the notional Observatory and GSE layouts for the work areas at the PPF and are represented in Figure 2.3 through 2.9 below.

Figure 2.3 Control Room 1, Configuration 1 – EGSE

Figure 2.4 Control Room 1, Configuration 2 – Prop Load

Figure 2.5 Control Room 2 – Launch Control Room

Figure 2.6 Control Room 3 - Network Racks

Figure 2.7 PPF Airlock Arrival Logistics – Unloading The Spacecraft

Figure 2.8 High Bay

Figure 2.9 Hazardous Processing Facility (Fueling Layout)

2.1.1 PACE Ground Support Equipment

This section provides images of critical pieces of the PACE Ground Support Equipment and are represented in Figures 2.10 through 2.13 below:

Figure 2.10 Electrical Ground Support Equipment Racks

Figure 2.11 Observatory Dolly

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 1 of 3)

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 2 of 3)

Figure 2.12 Propulsion GSE (Page 3 of 3)

Figure 2.13 Solar Array Deployment Gantry (Contingency)

2.1.2 SPACECRAFT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL

AGREEMENTS

The following are spacecraft-unique processing requirements and special agreements between the spacecraft customer and the launch site personnel:

a. Contamination Control

PACE Observatory components have contamination sensitive surfaces that will require ISO-7 clean work areas. The PACE instruments are susceptible to contamination from molecular contaminants, moisture, and particulates. Guidelines for continuous contamination control, monitoring, sampling, and cleaning of the applicable facilities are included in the PACE Contamination Control Plan (PACE-SYS-PLAN-0019).

PACE requires compliance with the following environmental parameters as well as any additional ISO-14664 class-7 cleanroom standards at all times for standalone spacecraft processing. The environmental and contamination control requirements for the PACE mission are summarized in Table 2.3 below.

Table 2.3 PACE Environmental and Contamination Control Requirements

b. Purge Requirements

A continuous Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2), Grade B purge will be required for the PACE instrument suite. Table 2.4 shows the purge outage limitations based on point in processing flow. As agreed to in the LV ICD, the Observatory can be exposed for a maximum of 24-hours in an ISO-8 condition during final closeouts and the start of encapsulation operations.

The PACE instrument purge requirements are captured in the PACE Observatory Purge Plan (Doc # PACE-CNTM-PLAN-0340).

Table 2.4 PACE Purge Outage Limitations

GN2 will be required throughout transport operations, standalone processing, and integrated operations with the launch service provider through launch.

c. Communications Security (COMSEC):

1) COMSEC materials are installed on the Observatory and in the Network IT Rack.

The Observatory and Network IT Rack will have access limitations at all times.

2) Personnel with PACE COMSEC training may have unescorted access to the areas in the PPF where the Observatory and Network IT Rack are located

3) Un-briefed personnel must be escorted by a cleared person at all times when in those areas with the Observatory or the Network IT Rack.

2.2 Falcon 9 PROCESSING REQUIRING NASA LSP SUPPORT

Detailed launch site processing requirements requested by SpaceX while processing in a LSP provided facility are negotiated by the LSIM and SpaceX Representative. Launch site processing products and services requested by SpaceX are included in the attached Support Requirements (Tables 4.1 and 4.2). Any requirements in Tables 4.1 and 4.2 with a TBD listed in the Y/N column will be resolved in a timely manner prior to need.

2.2.1 Falcon 9 PROCESSING ACTIVITIES IN NASA LSP FACILITIES

The following SpaceX activities in the NASA LSP provided facilities require NASA-coordinated launch site support. These activities require coordination between the LSIM and SpaceX.

It may include the following: (This section varies depending on PPF selected)

a. mating of payload attach fitting to payload

b. encapsulating spacecraft into fairing

c. moving encapsuled spacecraft onto the transporter

d. system performance testing

e. element cleaning

f. ordnance installation

g. support equipment at PPF

h. office space or accommodation at the PPF

2.2.2 LAUNCH VEHICLE PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL

AGREEMENTS

The following are LV-unique processing requirements and special agreements between SpaceX and the LSIM for LV activities in a LSP provided facility:

Include items such as: (Determine special requirements applicable for LV fairing or payload adapter processing)

a. extra cleanliness requirements

b. special temperature and/or humidity requirements

c. special purge requirements (limited down times, use of special purge gases)

d. special transportation requirements (oversized loads, higher-than-normal vibration sensitivity, purges required during transport)

e. special handling guidelines (RF restrictions within processing facility, out-of-the-ordinary weight, or height restrictions)

f. mission-unique training needed for access to processing areas

g. hardware-unique facility requirements (increased door width, additional storage space, additional office space, updated phone systems, additional conference capabilities)

h. special gases/commodities

i. use of KSC personnel support for pre-integration processing (fueling, alignments, machining, non-destructive evaluations)

j. use of special Work Time Policy

k. use of special Tool Control Plan

l. special safety restrictions or waivers

m. special security requirements

n. RF attenuation/exposure monitoring

o. special personnel protection requirements

p. extensive administrative network support

2.3 LAUNCH SITE CONTINGENCY PLANNING

The Spacecraft (SC) customer should give special consideration to contingency situations such as emergency off-load of propellants, scrub turnaround, and launch termination. The customer must develop a written plan and procedures for input to contingency operations as listed here. For launch delays that require removal of the spacecraft from the launch vehicle, the sequence of flow is typically the reverse of the installation sequence.

2.3.1 Severe Weather/Natural Disasters

Lightning Retest plan: [TBD]

Hurricane Plan: [TBD]

2.3.2 Wildfires/Controlled Burns

Operations located on CCSFS and KSC property are under the jurisdiction of MOU 15E-2- 54 KCA-4205 Rev. B for controlled burns and wildfires.

2.3.3 Emergency Plan for Processing Facility

List detailed plans for spacecraft support during facility emergency, and/or reference spacecraft-specific plan (e.g., water deluge plan, etc.).

2.3.4 Power Outages

List detailed plans for spacecraft support during power outages.

2.3.5 Launch Scrub/Turnaround

List detailed plans for spacecraft support during launch scrub/turnaround, and/or reference spacecraft-specific launch scrub/turnaround plan.

2.3.6 Emergency Fuel Off-Load

List detailed plans for emergency fuel off-load, and/or reference the emergency fuel off-load procedures.

3.0 REFERENCE EXHIBITS

Table 3.1 provides a listing of the necessary launch site deliverables required from the spacecraft project to the launch site in coordination with the LSIM. Some data and deliverables are needed for any SpaceX hardware or operations that are being brought into a LSP provided facility. In each case the Need Date from the SpaceX column will be used to track those deliverables that apply and the date they are required.

These are dynamic matrices and may be updated following the publication of this LSSP. Contact the LSIM to assure you have the latest copy of the deliverables lists.

4.0 SPACECRAFT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS AND COMM MATRIX

The following Support Requirements Matrix contains items needed to meet the requirements of the payload customer, SpaceX, and the launch site team in order to implement a successful launch site flow for PACE.

NOTE: General spacecraft support requirements will be assigned numbers from 0001 to 0999 and located in Table 4.1. Communications and Telemetry (COMM) requirements will be assigned numbers from 10000 to 25999 and are located in Table 4.2.

LSSP MATRIX KEY FOR KSC:

MATRIX KEY FORMAT

00001-00999 Payload Processing Facility Control Room (PPF CNT RM) 00001-00399 PPF Control Room 1 00400-00699 PPF Control Room 2 00700-00999 PPF Control Room 3 01000-01999 Payload Processing Facility Air Lock (PPF AL) 02000-02799 Payload Processing Facility High Bay (PPF HB) 02800-02999 Payload Processing Facility Garment Change Room (GCR) 03000-03999 Hazardous Processing Facility Control Room (HPF CNT RM) 04000-04999 Hazardous Processing Facility Air Lock (HPF AL) 05000-05999 Hazardous Processing Facility High Bay (HPF HB) 06000-06999 Hazardous Processing Facility Propellant Loading (HPF HB) 07000-07999 Hazardous Processing Facility Encapsulation Bay (HPF EB) 08000-08999 Office Areas (OFFICE) 09000-09999 Miscellaneous, Commodities, Services 10000-25999 Communications (COMM) – (Table 4.2)

Categories

Each Location is divided into categories in the following order:

a. Space

b. Power/Electrical (Power/Elect)

c. Environmental (Environ)

d. Equipment/Platforms (Equip/Platforms)

e. Furnishings

f. Commodities

g. Security

h. Safety

Table 4.2 PACE Comm Support Requirements

PACE Mission

Launch Site Support Plan Communications Annex

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COMM MATRIX KEY:

Tracking Number (REQ. NO.) Comm Requirement LOCATION

10000 - 10099 PPF S/C ADMIN DATA Control Room (CNT RM) 11000 - 11099 PPF S/C DATA Processing Facility Air Lock

12000 - 12099 PPF S/C RF Processing Facility Clean Room

13000 - 13099 PPF S/C TIMING Processing Facility for LV

14000 - 14099 PPF S/C VIDEO

15000 - 15099 PPF S/C VOICE Miscellaneous (MISC) 20000 - 20099 PAD S/C ADMIN DATA Office Areas (OFFICE) 21000 - 21099 PAD S/C DATA Pad (PAD)

22000 - 22099 PAD S/C RF

23000 - 23099 PAD S/C TIMING

24000 - 24099 PAD S/C VIDEO

25000 - 25099 PAD S/C VOICE

70000 - 70099 PAO ADMIN DATA

71000 - 71099 PAO DATA

72000 - 72099 PAO RF

73000 - 73099 PAO TIMING

74000 - 74099 PAO VIDEO

75000 - 75099 PAO VOICE

80000 - 89099 MISC SERVICES