Statement of Work_SOCD_final_072222.pdf

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION

SERVICE (NESDIS)/OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE (OSC)

SPACE OBJECT COMMERCIAL DATA PRODUCTS

STATEMENT OF WORK

I. INTRODUCTION

The Explanatory Statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 includes the following language:

“NOAA is directed to advance space traffic management and space situational awareness capabilities in collaboration with industry and federal partners.”

NOAA is continuing the effort to establish an Open Architecture Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Data Repository and conduct pilots, prototypes and experiments to fulfill its obligations under Space Policy Directive – 3 (enacted June of 2018).

In order to respond to an ever-increasing number of space objects orbiting the Earth and the requirement for and Open Architecture SSA Data Repository that will facilitate the safe operation of space-based vehicles, NOAA continually strives for an enterprise that is flexible, responsive to evolving technologies and economically sustainable, while supporting and promoting the U.S. commercial space safety industry. NOAA is interested in commercially provided space observational data that satisfy NOAA SSA requirements at a lower cost than government-provided alternatives.

The NOAA Commercial Space Policy and the NESDIS Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process call for NOAA to explore and, where appropriate, pursue demonstration projects to validate the viability of assimilating commercially provided SSA data and data products into NOAA’s models and add value to future operations.

Data demonstration and validation will precede operational procurement of commercial data by NOAA.

II. SCOPE

The vendor shall provide commercial data for the purpose of assessing the quality of the data and its potential impact in SSA forecast models. This data shall be used for evaluation purposes only and will not be used operationally in NOAA’s products and services. NOAA will use this data to:

● Document the data formats and other characteristics and assess the quality of the data for use in the Open Architecture Data Repository’s (OADR) basic safety;

service, including various models NOAA is developing to perform SSA activities.

● Use the data for testing in and of the OADR prototype;

● Experiment with the data for the purposes of determining its suitability and performance in data fusion activities;

● Perform an analysis of the impact of the commercial data in a multi-data environment for conducting SSA in various orbital regimes;

● Assess vendor data delivery timelines, without requiring near real time delivery.

● Archive the data for future access consistent with data rights specified in contract terms; and

● Distribute data to Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) partners , third party vendors, and other recipients of financial assistance awards for the sole purpose of evaluation and experimentation as described in Section II, Scope.

Data specifications and delivery requirements for this acquisition are not indicative of potential future analysis or operational requirements. Information related to any subsequent reports may include discussion of data received through this acquisition.

III. DATA SPECIFICATIONS

NOAA requires the vendor to deliver data and related products, in electronic format.

NOAA approximates that 75% of the data delivered under the terms of this contract will be archived data, meaning data already collected and products already generated by the vendor for other purposes and it will be delivered to the government on a 30-day basis over the duration of the agreement (“Archived Data”). The collection date for such archived data and products must have occurred no earlier than 1 April 2022. NOAA also approximates that the remaining 25% of the products will be specifically tasked for collection by the government and will be delivered in 15-day increments over the duration of the agreement. The tasked data and products may not be any older than 21 calendar days from the time they were collected/created (“Tasked Data”). However, the government reserves the right to determine the specific total mix of archived and tasked data as described in this Statement of Work prior to contract award.

The following list describes the minimum characteristics for objective SSA Data requirements for both Archived and Tasked Data obtained from Joint Task Force (JTF)-nominated satellites. The vendor shall provide both Archived and Tasked Data that meet- or-exceed (dependent on the type of data) the following:

● (Threshold) Raw Observations (astrometric and photometric) with uncertainty information

● (Threshold) Sensitivity at LEO will enable custody of satellites down to 20 cm size, while sensitivity down to 2 cm is encouraged but not required.

● (Threshold) Resolution at LEO must support at least 5 km separation between a 1 m and 10 m pair of objects. Sub-1km resolution is strongly encouraged.

● (Objective) GEO Access: World-wide coverage, primarily from 10,000 km to 40,000 km altitude as well as cis-lunar

● World-wide coverage (spanning 360-degrees of GEO belt)

● (Threshold) Sensitivity will enable custody of GEO satellites down to 1 m size, while sensitivity down to 10 cm is encouraged but not required

● (Threshold) Resolution at GEO must support at least 10 km separation between a 1 m and 10 m pair of objects. Sub-5km resolution is strongly encouraged.

● (Threshold) Passive Radio Frequency (RF) systems,

● Observations with uncertainty information

● Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA)

● Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA)

● Power / Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)

● Spectral Density

● (Threshold) Frequencies supporting: C, Ku

● (Objective) Frequencies supported: S, X, Ka, L, UHF

● (Threshold) Passive RF monitoring of orbits: Geostationary

● (Objective) Orbits: LEO, MEO, GEO

● (Threshold) All measurements must be submitted with corresponding uncertainty terms, as defined in UDL documentation

● Persistent monitoring constructs are encouraged, including:

● (Objective) Enabling at least 4 or more geographically dispersed sites not duplicative with the US Space Surveillance Network in near-earth to provide viewing opportunities

● (Objective) Providing high-rate photometry cadence to enable feature analyses in a single pass opportunity

● (Threshold) At GEO, revisit rates will be at least once per shift on all 500+ HRR assets (e.g., weather permitting).

● (Objective) More persistent GEO monitoring constructs are encouraged, including:

● A maximum gap time of 1-2 hrs, for up to 100 objects simultaneously

● A maximum gap time of 30 min, for up to 10 objects simultaneously

● The ability to stare, with minimal gap, for up to 2 objects simultaneously

● Limit to 10 observations per minute

● (Objective) Daylight monitoring capability is strongly encouraged

● (Objective) State vectors (with covariance information)

● (Threshold) Visual Magnitude or Radar Cross Section data (with uncertainty information)

● (Objective) Element sets (in two-line-element format)

● (Threshold) Provider sensors (locations of contributing sensors)

● (Objective) Dynamic tasking through machine-to-machine interface, either:

● (Objective) Awareness and publication of sensor status (e.g., sensor OPSCAP)

● Visual magnitude plots

● Image chips

● Maneuver alerts

● Conjunction alerts

● (Objective) Photometric change alerts

IV. DATA DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

At least 30 calendar days before initial data delivery of either Archived or Tasked Data, the vendor shall provide:

(1) Estimations of data delivery timelines, file sizes, daily and total volumes, enabling NOAA to prepare ingest systems.

(2) Metadata and data dictionary of the files delivered with format descriptions of the files identifying any supplementary file formats used in addition to the required formats. Under limited circumstances, the vendor may request changes to file formats during the data delivery period. The CO must approve changes at least two weeks prior to submission.

(3) After delivery of information and data requested, the vendor shall be available to discuss and resolve any issues identified by NOAA or its third-party partners after review of the information delivered.

V. RESERVED

VI. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The Vendor must comply with CAR 1352.239-72, section (i). The vendor may request COR approval of alternate security accreditation methodologies for compliance with section (i) including, information security assessment methodology promulgated by the U.S. Federal Government, or internationally recognized private industry information technology security frameworks. The required protocol is either Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS.)

VII.DATA HANDLING RESTRICTIONS

Data submitted to NOAA will be shared with third parties (as stated in Section II, Scope) participating directly in the OADR SSA activities (processing, analysis, research, etc.). Third party access to data is solely for NOAA’s OADR/SSA evaluation and experimentation related work. Each third party will be subject to nondisclosure agreements.

VIII. DATA RIGHTS

Data rights shall be governed by the clause FAR 52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA – GENERAL (ALTERNATE II) (MAY 2014). NOAA will retain all data purchased under this contract for non-operational use, including but not limited to, analysis related to the OADR/SSA research and modeling.

IX. NONCONFORMANCE

Pursuant to 52.212-4(o), Warranty, the vendor warrants and implies that data delivered complies with the requirements and is fit for the particular purpose of this contract. In accordance with FAR 52.212-4(a), the Government may require replacement of nonconforming data at no increased cost or exercise its right to terminate in part or in full in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(l) or (m).