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Qwaltec provides mission operations management and flight readiness management roles for the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)/Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program.

Qwaltec provides mission readiness support to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Flight Projects Directorate. Qwaltec develops simulation programs, serves as the simulation/rehearsal director, provides launch preparation support to mission managers, develops mission implementation plans, supports integration and test activities, and develops launch documentation. Programs include JPSS, NPP, GLORY, GLAST, LDCM, and STEREO.

Qwaltec provides systems engineering, operations preparedness, mission implementation, and I&T for the Space Environment Testbed (SET). Qwaltec documents customer requirements and coordinates engineering evaluations for the Instrument Synthesis & Analysis Laboratory (ISAL). Qwaltec developed a task analysis and training development plan for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Biomedical Systems Division Project Development Branch.

Qwaltec is the prime contractor for the US Navy Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC) Spacecraft Operations and Maintenance Services (SOMS) contract supporting the US Navy communications satellite constellations that include the Fleet Satellite (FLTSAT) constellation, the UHF Follow-On (UFO) constellation, the Polar EHF communication payloads, and the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation. Qwaltec provides NAVSOC Telemetry, Tracking & Commanding (TT&C) operations conducted from two Satellite Operations Centers (SOCs) located within the continental United States (CONUS) at the NAVSOC Headquarters Facility (HQ) in Point Mugu, CA and an alternate SOC in Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO.

Qwaltec supports Alcyon Technical Services Joint Venture (ATS) as a team member on the NASA Systems Engineering Advanced Services (SEAS) contract which provides mission and instrument systems engineering support to NASA. Support to NASA’s next series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) includes pre- and post- launch requirements verification as well as risk management activities. Qwaltec supports the Instrument Design Lab (IDL) by performing detailed focus studies for defining instruments and observatory requirements based on investigator’s science requirements.

Qwaltec provides training design, development, and instruction to the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) project for upgrading ground-based portions of NASA’s Space Network (SN). In this role, Qwaltec develops the training plan, course framework, and lesson objectives to span across the entire system and train both operational and support positions. Qwaltec also develops classroom and online lessons, as well as performance based hands-on scenarios taught in a simulated environment.

Qwaltec provides engineering support to the Navy Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC) On-Orbit Engineering Satellite Services (OOESS) contract supporting the US Navy Fleet Satellite (FLTSAT), UHF Follow-On (UFO), Polar EHF and Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite constellations. Qwaltec provides engineering support for these constellations supporting the Navy satellite communication (SATCOM) system. Qwaltec provides services including on-console engineering support, anomaly troubleshooting and resolution support, mission planning support, training, and telemetry trending and analysis.

Qwaltec is a team member on the Ground System and Mission Operations 2 (GSMO-2) contract primarily supporting Mission Readiness for Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) missions. Qwaltec provides mission readiness for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) to ensure its ground system meets launch requirements. Qwaltec also defined the Mission Rehearsal program ensuring the launch team is prepared for the ICESat-2 launch and provides Mission Readiness, Operations and Engineering support for a GSFC instrument to be flown on the Air Force Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) satellite. Qwaltec will ensure processes are in place for delivering instrument data to investigators.

Qwaltec support to OneWeb’s Fleet Management Segment (FMS) includes providing simulations and rehearsals (S&R) for their initial launch as well as developing the Training Program for satellite operators and ground system maintainers. Qwaltec developed a S&R plan and is executing a 12-month series of S&R events to exercise the satellite operations team, ground software, processes, procedures, tools and interfaces. Qwaltec also generated a Training Plan and, after completing a Task Analysis for each operational position and course catalog, is creating training lessons and preparing the training program to support the new operations personnel who will operate and manage the OneWeb constellation of almost 900 satellites.

Qwaltec provides operations, testing, and engineering support for the NASA Space Communications and Network Services (SCNS) O&M contractor. Qwaltec engineers command lead roles in the planning of the NASA Space Network (SN) transition from legacy operations to digital operations including training program design and development, subsystem testing, procedure and process mapping, and concept of operations development. Qwaltec also performed an analysis, trade study, and planning to be used in an O&M environment undergoing a major ground system change.

Qwaltec also supported the integration and test of Tracking, Telemetry, and Control (TT&C) modem subsystems and provided subject matter expertise for the NASA SN Automated Data Processing Equipment (ADPE) subsystems and derivatives. Qwaltec supported the User Services Subsystem Component Replacement (USS-CR) project including installation, check-out and functional and operational performance testing of its hardware and software subsystems.

Qwaltec develops computer-based training lessons in support of SeaTec’s work with American Airlines (AA) as AA transitions its current aircraft maintenance computer system to a SCEPTRE-based system. Qwaltec also developed a multimedia outreach video targeted to American Airlines executives and managers.

Qwaltec software engineers develop both user interfaces and back-end services to include software development, onsite software integration, installation and checkout and analysis, implementation and review of software changes. Ground station application software is developed, HMI’s and GUI’s providing for control and display of vehicle status are designed and coded and complex real-time client/server software for Windows and Linux operating systems is designed and developed. Qwaltec also manages software releases and coordinates with customer integrators to ensure software releases incorporate required enhancements and bug fixes.

Qwaltec engineers also provide support for operations training, technical user documentation, requirements management and integration and formal testing. Ground station user documentation is developed and maintained and integration and test activities for final acceptance of ground control centers are supported. Qwaltec develops test procedures and performs formal qualification testing of system requirements. Qwaltec engineers coordinate and perform formal training ranging from 4 to 80 hours at factory, lab and customer locations.

Qwaltec provides systems engineering, ground system integration and testing, and mission operations support for the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) CubeSat currently under development at ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. Slated to launch on NASA’s SLS rocket in late 2019, LunaH-Map will take more than a year of low-thrust electric propulsion maneuvering to place itself into a lunar orbit flying within 10 kilometers of the lunar south pole. LunaH-Map maps hydrogen content in the moon’s permanently shadowed craters to indicate concentrated pockets of water ice.

Qwaltec provided systems engineering support for the design and implementation of a new Mojave Control Center (MCC) project. The MCC was constructed for test and eventual mission support of the Stratolaunch aircraft, an air-launch platform to make access to space more convenient, reliable, and routine. Qwaltec developed initial documentation for mission operations, and system configuration management.

Qwaltec provides ongoing systems engineering support for an on-orbit satellite program as well as mission analysis, orbit maneuver analysis and planning, and on-call spacecraft anomaly and mission operations support. Qwaltec develops software requirements and test documentation, and conducts the command and control software testing.

Qwaltec has also provided mission readiness support for multiple satellite programs including operations concept development, on-orbit procedures and documentation, training plans, simulation planning and coordination, and integration and test support.