Indian Ocean METOC Imager (IOMI) Operational Concept

Demonstrates Military Operational Utility and Enables Improved Global Weather Prediction

Data to NavalCenters/

Fleet Demo

Data to NavalCenters/

Fleet Demo

AustralianGround Station& Data ProcessingCenter

AustralianGround Station& Data ProcessingCenter

Data to NOAA, NASA & NavyCenters

Data to NOAA, NASA & NavyCenters

CONUS “2”FY06

CONUS “1”FY06

Inter-Agency And International CooperationInter-Agency And International Cooperation

Direct DataDownlink to IO Ships

Direct DataDownlink to IO Ships

Indian Ocean “3”FY07 to FY13

Mission DesignLaunch Date: November ‘05Altitude: 35,786 kmInclination: 5.1o + 0.6o

Geosynchronous LocationsEO-3 East: 77o W LongitudeEO-3 West: 117.5o W LongitudeIOMI: 75o E Longitude

Example shown for November ’05 Launch

GIFTS Abbreviated Checkout(<5 days)

February2007 2011201020092008

April2012

IOMI Operations

S/CDisposalRelocation

EO-3 West Operations

GIFTS Activation & Checkout (Day 11-60) Reposition Maneuver

Jan07

Jan06

Oct05

Spacecraft Checkout (Day 8-10) GTO (Day 1-7)Launch

EO-3 East Operations

Nov FebDecNovOctSepAugJunMayAprMarDec JulFeb

GIFTS-IOMI Consolidated Architecture

GIFTS High-RateData

S-Band X-Band

Commands &SOH Telemetry

SMQ-11Downlink

SMQ-11

SpacecraftOperations

MissionManagement

TaskingTeams

GIFTS PyldOperations

GroundProcessing

ProductGeneration

GIFTS EngrSupport

NOAA, FNMOC, Reg’nl METOCs

S/C EngrSupport

EO-3 PhaseTechnology Validation DataMeasurement Concept Validation DataNOAA Meteorology ProductsChemistry ProductsAviation Safety ProgramValidate Navy Products

IOMI PhaseSMQ-11 DownlinkSynoptic Scale Weather PatternsSevere Storm Detection & ModelingCloud ClassificationCloud & Water Vapor Drift Winds

IOMI GSS Architecture

GIFTS

Spacecraft

Mission Data

S-band Engineering Data

Instrument Commands

AirForce SatelliteControl Network

S-bandCommandNetwork

Data Network

SCCCChantilly, VA

GPOCC

CommandUplink

Generation

AFSCN Ground Station

AN/SMQ-11 Receiver

TelemetryAcquisition

TelemetryAcquisition

&Processing

X-BandGround Station

500 Kbps SMQ-11 downlink

Command Generation

Mission Planning

Instrument Monitoring

XPOCC

Navy Tasking Manager

Components to be baselined

IMAGE

80 Mbps downlink

1 kbps uplink

8-1024 kbps downlink

Scan Period Pointing

Minimum Instantaneous FOV

Coverage Resolution

• IFOV/512X512km/.06 cm-1

• Zone/1500x1500km/.06 cm-1

• Region/3000x3000km/.06 cm-1

• Area/6000x6000km/.6 cm-1

• Global/10000x10000km/.6 cm-1/ 1.2 cm-1/4.8 cm-1/18 cm-1

IOMI Coverage Characterization

Global

Area

Regional

Zone

T_scan = 11 sec T_point=1s

dither

T_scan-scan

Scan (i) Scan (i+1)

Compute (i-1), SMQ-11

IOMI Coverage Characterization

• Dither : time used to complete (i-1) processing

• T _scan-scan = 12s plus dither

IOMI CONOPS/Option One

Distribution Network

SMQ Downlink

Mission Data

Commands/Telemetry

Mission Data

Commands and Telemetry

Data Products

Navy Tasking

Commands/Telemetry AFSCN

Remote X-Band Ground Station

FNMOC/NLMOC

SCCC

Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

GPOCC

• S/C Command and Control

• S/C Engineering

• Space Access Management

• Data Handling

• Separate Data Streams

• Payload Commanding

• Mission Planning

• Archive Management

Shared Products Network

Navy Tasking

• Processing• Quality Control• Dissemination

IOMI CONOPS/Option Two

SMQ Downlink

Mission Data

Commands/Telemetry

Mission Data

Commands and Telemetry

Data Products

Navy Tasking

Commands/Telemetry AFSCN

Remote X-Band Ground Station

FNMOC/NLMOC

SCCC

Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

GPOCC

• S/C Command and Control

• S/C Engineering

• Space Access Management

• Data Handling

• Separate Data Streams

• Payload Commanding

• Mission Planning

• Archive Management

Shared Products Network

Navy Tasking

• Processing• Quality Control• Dissemination

FTP data transfer

Backup Slides

Functions and Interfaces

PerformanceCalibration

Thermal/MechanicalData

PlanningData V&V

Performance ValProduct Generation

Data Flow

Antenna & RFTelemetry

EngineeringComputer TechHardware Main

MechanicalThermalC&DH

UW Data Center NOAA CDA

Payload Engr Support

Product Generation Ground Processing

Spacecraft Operations

SOH Engineering

GPOCCPlanning/Commands

CommandingS/C Planning

HW/SWTLM

SCCC

S/C Engr Support

Mission Manager

GIFTS-IOMI Project Office

Mission MgmtTeam

GIFTS Operations

NOAA

Processing Centers

NAVY

Technology

Tasking Teams

Measurement Concept

NOAA

Navy

Project Office