MODIFICATION
A -- CLARREO Pathfinder Reflected Solar (RS) Instrument
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 144, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, Virginia, 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- SS_CLARREO_RS
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2016
- Point of Contact
- Robert Bradley Gardner, Phone: 7578642525, Timothy P. Cannella, Phone: 7578645028
- E-Mail Address
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Robert.B.Gardner@nasa.gov, timothy.p.cannella@nasa.gov
(Robert.B.Gardner@nasa.gov, timothy.p.cannella@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Langley Research Center (LaRC) seeks organizations which demonstrate the ability to supply a reflected solar instrument calibrated to the rigorous accuracy standards of the CLARREO Pathfinder Mission. Providing the reflected solar instrument is one important component; however, an equally important component is to provide the calibration capability and expertise that achieves the required measurement accuracy. The CLARREO Pathfinder Mission will demonstrate essential technologies and associated measurements from space necessary for future high-accuracy, long-term climate change trend observations. Pathfinder's success depends heavily upon the ability to develop a verifiable on-orbit Système International d'Unités (SI)-traceable calibration to make highly accurate, spectrally-resolved measurements of Earth solar reflectance. CLARREO Pathfinder will also demonstrate the ability to transfer this calibration to other Earth-observing assets - such as the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments and Visible-Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments - thereby improving the accuracy of those observations. The instrument must meet International Space Station (ISS) program requirements to receive a Certificate of Flight (CoF) and be manifested to ISS. CLARREO Pathfinder will be a Class D mission per NPR 8705.4 and Category 3 per NPR 7120.5E. The anticipated launch readiness date is in the calendar year 2020-2021 timeframe. System performance requirements are provided in the following sections. Reflected Solar (RS) Instrument The primary data product from the RS instrument is Earth spectral reflectance. The following is a description of the necessary capabilities of the RS instrument: • The instrument shall have calibrated spectral response spanning at least 350 to 2300 nm. • The instrument spectral sampling shall be at least 4 nm sampling and 8 nm resolution. • The instrument shall acquire on-orbit SI-traceable spectrally-resolved Earth reflectances referenced to spectral solar irradiance with average uncertainty <= 0.3% (k=1) for the 350 - 2300 nm wavelength range. • The instrument shall acquire on-orbit SI-traceable broadband (350 - 2300 nm) spectrally-integrated Earth reflectance with uncertainty <= 0.3% (k=1), with spectral accuracy weighted using global average Earth spectrally reflected energy. • The instrument polarization sensitivity to a 100% polarized input shall be < 0.50% (k=2) in wavelength from 350 nm to 2300 nm. • The instrument shall have pointing capability to allow it to match the view in time, space, and viewing angle of sensors being inter-calibrated (e.g., CERES and VIIRS) and to view the sun and moon. • The instrument shall have the ability to collect Earth, Sun and Moon observations with a pointing accuracy ≤ 0.025 degrees. • The CLARREO Reflected Solar Pathfinder instrument shall have a geo-located nadir field-of-view < 0.5 km with a swath width of ≥ 70 km. • The CLARREO Pathfinder prime mission operations period shall be 12 months following on-orbit commissioning. ISS program requirements Environmental and interface requirements derive from the following assumptions: The CLARREO Pathfinder RS payload will be launched upon a commercial resupply vehicle to the ISS. The CLARREO Pathfinder RS payload will be robotically installed as an externally-attached payload on the ISS at Expedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (ExPRESS), ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC)-1, at the Passive Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM) Adapter Plate 3 (PFAP 3). Governing documents: General useful information, including the external payloads proposers' guide that describes ISS accommodations (pallets, power, thermal, field of view, microgravity, electromagnetics, etc.), integration, launch vehicle, flight and ground safety, and ISS provided hardware, are available here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/facilities_category/index.html ISS Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism (FRAM) based payload common requirements are contained in NASA SSP 57012. ISS flight safety requirements are contained in the following documents: 1. Safety Policy and requirements for payloads using ISS NASA NSTS 1700.7B w/ NASA NSTS 1700.7B ISS Addendum as a guide (available by request) 2. Interpretation of NSTS/ISS payload safety requirements NSTS/ISS 18798 (available by request) 3. ISS safety requirements document NASA SSP 50021 (available by request) 4. Safety review process NASA SSP 30599 (available by request) 5. Attached Payload Interface Requirements Document NASA SSP-57003 (available by request) The following additional useful documents are available online: 1. Payload Developers and Principal Investigators Payload Planning, Integration and Operations Primer: NASA OZ-10-056 2. Overview of Attached Payload Accommodations and Environments on the International Space Station: NASA/TP-2007-214768 3. Falcon 9 user's guide Response Instructions A response to this RFI does not guarantee selection for award of any contracts or other agreements, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by NASA to pay for the information solicited. It is expected that the responders would provide (at no cost to NASA) pertinent instrument designs and drawings, operational concepts, calibration and characterization definition and planning, payload constraints/interface analysis, and descriptions of prior relevant instrument development/calibration experience and demonstrated capability. Responses, and the ability for responders to meet the above instrument system requirements, will be assessed by LaRC. Responses will be assessed against the following criteria: (1) Technical Capability. The responder shall describe their technical capabilities required for the performance of the activity described herein. Of significant importance are, a demonstrated reflected solar instrument development and calibration capability (TRL 6) and an approach for instrument availability to meet a 2020/2021 launch window. (2) Payload Accommodation and Mission Support. The responder shall demonstrate an understanding of accommodating optical payloads on ISS and an assessment if their design fits within the defined volume/power on the ELC. (3) Cost and Schedule. The responder shall provide cost and schedule data for the design, fabrication, assembly, test and calibration of their instrument. Preference given to vendors with adequate and complete proposed cost, cost reserves, and schedule reserves. The responder shall provide a rough order of Magnitude (ROM) cost for (a) developing and integrating the payload on to an ExPa pallet and delivering the representative payload to Kennedy Space Center and (b) flight operation mission phases (one year of operations followed by one year of data analysis). (4) Mission Management and Participating Organizations. The responder shall provide a brief summary of the proposed teaming arrangements, as applicable, identifying key personnel. (5) Relevant Experience and Past Performance. The responder shall include relevant recent experience and past performance in similar development activities. Responses to this partnering synopsis shall be limited to a 30 page PowerPoint presentation electronic file, limited to 12 Mb in size, in either PowerPoint or PDF format. Responses must address the aforementioned assessment criteria. All responses shall be submitted to NASA LaRC via e-mail by November 17, 2016, 12:00 pm to: rosemary.r.baize@nasa.gov and robert.b.gardner@nasa.gov. Procurement questions should be directed to: robert.b.gardner@nasa.gov.
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