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Space Weather Ground Services, Code 492.0

Space Weather Observations

Mission Operations Services

(SWO-MOS)

Task Order 01

Performance Work Statement:

Space Weather Observations at L1 (SOL)

First Observatory

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

SWO Reviewed – Not Subject to Export Control

GSFC SWGS CMO

02/27/2025

Released

DRAFT

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Space Weather Observations

Mission Operations Services

(SWO-MOS)

Task Order 01 Performance Work Statement:

Space Weather Observations at L1 (SOL) First Observatory

Signature/Approval Page

Prepared by:

David Nguyen

Reviewed by:

Ava Afghahi

Susan Jacobs

Scott Schnee

Laura Dunlap

Maria Amaro

David Donovan

Brian Frey

Andrew Royale

Katherine Spotz

Eric Tai

Approved by:

Jill Taylor

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Preface

This document provides the Task 01 Performance Work Statement for the first observatory of the

SOL of the Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for the Space Weather Observations

(SWO) Mission Operations Services (MOS) contract. It is under SWGS configuration control.

Once this document is approved, changes are handled in accordance with Class I and Class II change control requirements as described in the SWGS Configuration Management Procedures, and changes to this document will be made by complete revision.

Any questions should be addressed to:

SWGS Configuration Management Office

NASA/GSFC

Code 492.0

Greenbelt, MD 20771

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Change History Log

Revision Effective

Date

Description of Changes

(Reference the CCR & CCB/ERB Approval Date)

Revision - 02/26/2025 Baseline Release following the approval of SWGS-CCR-0008

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Table of TBDs/TBRs/TBSs

Action Item

No.

Location Summary Individual/

Organization

Actionee

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview

1.2 Scope

1.3 Places of Performance

1.4 Period of Performance

2 RELATED DOCUMENTATION

3 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Establish Programmatic Structures

3.2 Establish Concept and Development Roadmap

3.3 Establish Initial Factory Baseline

3.4 Implement MOS Capabilities for SOL-A Observatory

3.5 Deploy Operational and Backup Solution Instances

3.6 Deploy Solution Instances to Support Interfacing Developments

3.7 Maintain and Sustain All Solution Instances

4 DELIVERABLES

4.1 Data Deliverables

4.2 Deliveries at Factory and Operational Sites

List of Tables

Table 1. SOL-A capability Builds and Releases aligned to Milestone Reviews 8

List of Figures

Figure 1: Notional Flyout of SWO Observatories at Lagrange Point 1

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview

The Government requires that the multi-mission Space Weather Observations Mission Operations

Services (SWO-MOS) support the first observatory in the Space Weather Next (SW Next) Space

Weather Observations at L1 (SOL) project, in accordance with the Mission Operations Services

Requirements Document (MOSRD) and meeting maturity milestone provided in the SOL Review

Plan. The SOL project will deploy two observatories, the first, SOL-A, is intended to launch no earlier than June 2029 and subject to appropriation, the second, SOL-B, would launch no earlier than

2032 (See figure 1). The two observatories will be near copies of each other and will also be a near copy of the SWFO-L1 observatory with respect to their observational, operational, orbit, and communications requirements. They will each host solar remote sensing and in situ instruments.

Each observatory will be a Sun-pointed, 3-axis stabilized satellite stationed in a Lissajous orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point. The SOL observatory payload instruments will consist of the following:

• Coronagraph

• Solar X-ray irradiance sensor

• Solar wind plasma sensor

• Magnetometer

• Solar wind suprathermal ion sensor

• Partner Contributed Instrument (PCI)

Figure 1: Notional Flyout of SWO Observatories at Lagrange Point 1

Ground Services for the SOL Project consist of capabilities and services necessary to enable communication with and management of the observatory, and processing and distribution of payload data and spacecraft telemetry. The primary ground services include:

• Mission Operations Services (MOS), which include observatory control, health and safety monitoring, mission planning, and telemetry analysis. The SWO-MOS Solution is the subject of this task.

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• Antenna Services to support space to ground communication. The SWO-MOS Solution will use Antenna Services interfaces to communicate with the observatories for telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C).

• Product Services, which include secure ingest, storage, data processing into operational and retrospective products, quality assessments, operations monitoring, data access and dissemination, and archive and stewardship. The SWO-MOS Solution will deliver telemetry to the Product Services interfaces.

1.2 Scope

To develop the Solution for support of the first observatory of the SOL Project, the Contractor must leverage and expand upon a separate instance of the one used for NESDIS SWFO-L1 Command and

Control (C2) ground segment hardware and software systems baseline. The Solution will be operated from NOAA’s NSOF by NOAA satellite operators. The Solution must satisfy the

Government’s MOSRD for Task Order 1. The working Solution must be demonstrated to achieve

SOL Project lifecycle maturity milestones in accordance with the SOL Project Review Plan document. The Solution must be designed with the expectation of efficiently extending and scaling the Solution to future observatories including the second observatory in the series and as-yet-undefined future observatories in various locations. As a first task for mission support in what is intended to be a multi-mission Solution, the Contractor must:

• Create the Contractor SWO-MOS programmatic structures to manage this and subsequent tasks

• Develop and deliver all documents in accordance with the CDRL document

• Instantiate an initial Solution based on the as-deployed SWFO-L1 C2 system configuration as the initial development instance in the Contractor facility and demonstrate that it operates correctly

• Iteratively evolve the Solution to achieve the full delivered Solution capability

• Test, deploy, integrate with antenna and product services, and verify the Solution for

Government operation from Government facilities.

The Solution must provide NOAA operators with timely and correct services to support all phases of lifecycle of the first SOL observatory, SOL-A, including satellite and instrument development and test, pre-launch preparations and rehearsals, launch support, nominal operations and analyses, and anomaly resolution activities. Functional capabilities and features including the following:

• Mission planning

• Determining, managing, and predicting orbit and attitude; planning orbital maneuvers, station keeping, momentum management; and planning attitude maneuvers as needed

• Monitoring and sending antenna service requests and ground directives

• Receiving radiometric tracking data from the scheduled ground-based antennas

• Commanding the Observatory (generation and transmission of commands/command loads, encryption, and flight software loads)

• Managing flight software and onboard table loads

• Hosting and interacting with flight simulators to support testing and training

• Receiving housekeeping and mission data from the Observatory as well as downlinks of onboard software

• Storing housekeeping data (temporary and life-of-mission)

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• Processing mission and housekeeping data into level 0 data delivered to product services

• Processing (extracting, applying unit transformations, etc.) and displaying housekeeping data for real-time monitoring and long-term trending

• Trending and analyzing data

The SWFO-L1 C2 system configuration, software custom code baseline, hardware inventory, rack drawings, descriptions, and interface control documents are provided as Government-furnished

Property (GFP)/Government-furnished Information (GFI). The Contractor must document and maintain configuration documents pertaining to all deployments and instances of the multi-mission

Solution.

1.3 Places of Performance

A. Mission Operations Services locations for this task order include:

• NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, MD

• NESDIS Consolidated Backup Facility (CBU) in Fairmont, WV

• Contractor Facilities

B. Other remote work locations may require ad hoc visits and will be identified by the

Government. These may include sites such as

• NESDIS Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) in Wallops, VA

• SOL Spacecraft and Instrument vendor facilities

• End-to-end test locations

1.4 Period of Performance

January 2026 to June 2030 [TBR]

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2 RELATED DOCUMENTATION

This task order adds project requirements to the development and sustainment of the multi-mission

SWO-MOS Solution. The SWO-MOS Base PWS is the parent to this task order and all documents referenced in the Base PWS are applicable.

Space Weather Observations Mission Operations Services (SWO-MOS) Applicable and Reference

(A&R) Documents List, SWGS-MS-LIST-0003, provides the list of applicable and reference documents for this PWS with their sources. In the event of any unresolved conflict, the Contractor must request conflict resolution by the Contracting Officer in advance of work performed.

The SWO-MOS Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), SWGS-MS-CDRL-0001, provides an applicability matrix and defines the required content of document deliverables required for performance of tasks under this contract. The Contracting Officer’s Representative is responsible for ensuring all deliverables are in compliance with the CDRL.

The SWO Program Acronym and Glossary List, SWO-MGMT-LIST-0001, defines terminology as used in this document and throughout the SWOPD. In the event of conflict between terminology in this document and any other dictionary, the SWO terminology will take precedence. In the event of any unresolved conflict, the Contractor must request conflict resolution by the Contracting Officer.

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3 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Establish Programmatic Structures

The Contractor shall create the Contractor SWO-MOS programmatic structures to manage this and subsequent tasks.

The Contractor shall create a document delivery plan, for Government approval, for documents associated with the establishment of the Contractor’s programmatic oversight and engineering processes for the multi-mission SWO-MOS Solution and for the development, deployment, delivery, and sustainment of the Solution to meet the needs of the first satellite observatory of the SOL

Project.

The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all Contractor and subcontractor personnel engaged in performance of this Performance Work Statement have appropriate qualifications, knowledge, and certification to perform work in accordance with this Task Order.

The Contractor shall deliver the CDRLs identified in Appendix A of the CDRL document, SWGS-

MS-CDRL-0001, as a part of this task order. The contractor shall perform work in accordance with its delivered plans and processes.

3.2 Establish Concept and Development Roadmap

The Contractor shall assess the GFP Mission Operations Services capability, based on the SWFO-

L1 system, relative to the requirements of this Task Order and various future missions. The

Contractor shall present any required baseline and mission unique changes in a Contractor-hosted

Mission-Unique Concept Review (MUCR) for assessment by a Government-designated board.

The MUCR assessment for this task order should include, but is not limited to:

a) Cost and schedule assessment for all proposed options

b) Evaluate maximum usage of OS/Comet for satellite command and control

c) Perform assessment for all SWO-MOS functions to recommend re-use without modification, re-use with feature enhancements, or replacement. All assessments that depart from re-use must include justification to include, at a minimum, associated risk and compliance issues with the unmodified GFP baseline.

d) Assess scope to expand GFP infrastructure to multi-mission architecture

e) Address risks for shared infrastructure and partitioning between missions.

f) Develop a Style Guide that will be used to maintain the similar look and feel to the GFP architecture.

g) Evaluate all equipment (routers, switches, modems, servers, etc.) that can be expanded for multi-mission and re-used or would require replacement to meet overall objectives.

h) Define constraints and limitations of expandability to multiple missions with various orbits in line with MOSRD requirements

The Contractor shall prepare a development roadmap that defines the plans and priorities for establishing a multi-mission, scalable architecture and an initial baseline capability for the Mission

Operations Services and incremental buildup of capability for the SOL operational system. The

Contractor shall identify design modifications required to evolve the GFP capability to a SWO-MOS

Solution that supports the SOL observatories and various future missions. The Contractor shall present the roadmap and plan for modifications in a Contractor-hosted Design Modification Review

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(DMR) for assessment by a Government-designated board. The DMR shall satisfy PDR and CDR requirements as specified in the SWO-MOS CDRL.

3.3 Establish Initial Factory Baseline

The Contractor shall instantiate a factory environment testbed to use for all development of the

SWO-MOS solution. The initial factory baseline shall include, at a minimum, implementation of the

SWFO-L1 Command and Control System COTS, GOTS, and GFP software designated for full or partial re-use at the MUCR. This should include preliminary capabilities, features, and security controls. This is the Initial Baseline of the SWO-MOS Solution.

The Contractor shall perform a validation test for each software CSCI that demonstrates the SWO-

MOS Solution initial baseline is capable of reproducing SWFO-L1 basic functionality in the factory environment. The Contractor shall work with the Government's Mission Operations Support Team

(MOST) to receive necessary test data sets for designated test scenarios.

3.4 Implement MOS Capabilities for SOL-A Observatory

The Contractor shall decompose requirements and derive user stories from the MOSRD sufficient to describe the full scope of the capability.

The Contractor shall develop and deliver a SWO-MOS Solution that meets the MOSRD requirements and the SOL-A mission needs, consistent with the SOL-A mission timeline.

The Contractor shall develop and use verification, validation, and regression tests of SWO-MOS capabilities appropriate to the first observatory SOL-A.

The Contractor shall develop, deliver, integrate, test, and validate capabilities and features to fulfill user stories and thereby satisfy MOSRD requirements through Program Increments.

3.5 Deploy Operational and Backup Solution Instances

The Contractor shall deliver, install, and test incremental releases of the SWO-MOS Solution to

Government facilities in order to meet Government use, training, and independent test needs and milestones.

The Contractor shall plan for and support Government configuration management processes and installation, test, and checkout processes for all releases to Government sites and use.

3.6 Deploy Solution Instances to Support Interfacing Developments

The Government will develop the SOL flight and ground elements external and connected to the

SWO-MOS. In the course of these developments, the elements will require functional and interface testing with the Solution.

• The Contractor shall prioritize capabilities and functions necessary to support the development, integration, and test requirements and schedules of external elements as well as the integration of the solution within the Government infrastructure and enterprise security.

• The Contractor shall make instances of the Solution available with capabilities to support

Spacecraft development and test.

• The Contractor shall make instances of the Solution available with capabilities to support

Instrument development and test.

• The Contractor shall make instances of the Solution available with capabilities to support

SWGS Product Services development and test.

• The Contractor shall make instances of the Solution available with capabilities to support

SWGS Antenna Services development and test.

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3.7 Maintain and Sustain All Solution Instances

The Contractor shall maintain and sustain the instance for the first SOL observatory within the

SWO-MOS Solution at both factory and Government facilities for the duration of this Task Order.

Sustainment shall include performing or responding to regular security scans with expedited security patching for all high vulnerability findings and at least quarterly security updates for all other findings.

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4 DELIVERABLES

4.1 Data Deliverables

The Contractor shall develop and deliver all documents in accordance with the SWO-MOS CDRL document and the SOL Project Review Plan or as modified under the Contractor’s document delivery plan. The following table lists selected SOL and element lifecycle reviews as of the issuance of this Task Order that are most relevant to this Task. Changes to this schedule are at the

Government’s sole discretion and will effectively result in changes to this task without task order modification.

Table 1. SOL-A capability Builds and Releases aligned to Milestone Reviews

Fee Milestone Milestone Date Associated

SOL-A

Events

Fee Requirements: Standard QASP criteria also apply to all Solution increments 1/15/2026 Task Order

Award

Program

Increment;

MUCR

3/15/2026 SWO-MOS

MUCR

Project Documentation Plan delivered;

Contractor Conducts SWO-MOS MUCR for MOSRD and SOL Project

Requirements

Program

Increment, Factory Build

6/15/2026 PI Build 1;

SWO-MOS

DMR and

SWGS &

SOL CDRs

A copy of the L3Harris SWFO C2 baseline at the new vendor site;

Regression Equivalent to a SWFO

Mission Rehearsal developed with

MOST; Contractor Conducts SWO-MOS

DMR for SOL Project Requirements;

Contractor Support to SWGS & SOL

CDRs

Program

Increment

9/15/2026 PI Build 2 Features to simplify the configuration;

fix discrepancies uncovered in regression; and implement new features identified in SOL Project MUCR and

DMR

Program

Increment

12/15/2026 MOST Access for MOCI Development

Program

Increment

3/15/2027

6/15/2027

9/15/2027

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Fee Milestone Milestone Date Associated

SOL-A

Events

Fee Requirements: Standard QASP criteria also apply to all Solution increments

Program

Increment &

First Release to

NSOF

12/15/2027 E2E 1 18 months ahead of launch, first gov't site install; Solution includes all features necessary to support SOL Project Flight

Readiness End to End Test 1

Program

Increment; First

Release to CBU

3/15/2028 or NLT

E2E-2 minus 4 mo

ORCA Rel 1;

E2E 2; MOR

Release to CBU with capability to failover demonstrated; Solution includes all features necessary to support SOL

Project Flight Readiness End to End Test

2; Support ORCA Rel 1; Contractor

Support to SOL MOR

Program

Increment

6/15/2028 or NLT

E2E-3 minus 3 mo

E2E 3 Solution includes all features necessary to support SOL Project Flight Readiness

End to End Test 3

Program

Increment

9/15/2028 or NLT

FOR minus 3 mo

FOR: E2E 4,

GVT1;

DVT1

Solution includes features necessary to support Flight Readiness; Contractor support to SOL Project FOR; Support

SOL Project Flight Readiness End to End

Test 4; Support to GVT1; Support to

DVT1

Program

Increment

12/15/2028 Mission

Rehearsals 1-

2; GVT2;

DVT2;

Cross-Site

ORCA

Contractor Support to SOL Project

Mission Rehearsals; Support to GVT2;

Support to DVT2; Support to Cross-Site

ORCA

Program

Increment

3/15/2029 SWGS FRR;

Launch

Freeze:

Mission

Rehearsals 3-

5; ORR

Contactor Support to SOL Project FRR;

Contractor Support to SOL Project

Mission Rehearsals; Support SOL ORR

Program

Increment

6/15/2029 FRR; LRR;

Launch SOL-

A

Contractor Support to SOL FRR and

LRR; Contractor Support for SOL-A

Launch

Program

9/15/2029 Freeze Lift

12/15/2029 PLAR Solution includes all features necessary for commissioning; Contractor Support to SOL Post Launch Assessment Review

Program

3/15/2030

6/15/2030

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4.2 Deliveries at Factory and Operational Sites

The Contractor shall develop, maintain, and operate factory environments necessary to perform development, testing, and sustainment activities.

The Contractor shall deliver and install the Solution to multiple Government sites for operation by the Government. Delivery must comply with Government configuration management processes and guidelines. The deliveries must provide the complete working Solution or agreed upon incremental updates to the Solution, and may include:

• COTS, test, and operational workstation hardware

• Test and operational software, including licenses

• Cryptographic devices for spacecraft communication instances including any required modifications

• NOAA5050-compatible network equipment

• Simulators

• Intra-site network infrastructure

• IT resources

• Documentation