NASA's Mission Operations and Communications Services - Explorer 2011
Abstract
This document is intended to assist in the preparation of proposals responding to the 2011 Announcement of Opportunity (AO), which is issued by NASA's Science Mission Directorate. NASA provides many operations and communications services for mission support. Costs accrue when using these services and stimulates of these costs need to be included in proposals responding to the AO. To facilitate proposal preparation, proposers are encouraged to read this document and to contact the individuals named in Section 1.3 below. The NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Office manages and directs three tracking networks to provide services for different types of missions. Several past proposal shave included Earth orbiting vehicles for which either NASAs Near Earth Network (NEN) or Space Network (SN) would be more suitable than the Deep Space Network (DSN). For that reason, and to avoid early obsolescence of this document, a short description of each has been included. Functional responsibilities for NASAs three networks are shown in Figure 1-1. The SCaN Office has the overall responsibility to be the arbiter of mission requirements versus thee establishment of network tracking and navigation assets. While missions may have a desire for specific NASA facilities the SCaN Office will make the final decision on the provision of network assets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- AD1104969
Entities
People
- Brian A. Morrison
- Pete Vrostos
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration