STATUS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The systems team made progress on several fronts this week.  The Mission 
Requirements Document and Data Capture budget have both been released for 
CM review, and a draft Observatory Jitter budget was also released for 
review and to support requirements definition at the subsystem level.  The 
team was also busy working SCR RFA's and other Action Items opened in the 
past several months.  All SCR RFAs will be addressed in preparation for the 
upcoming Initial Confirmation Review (ICR) process.   For the power system, 
we are converging on a baseline power generation design that continues to 
use our baselined solar array size while maintaining margin in the event of 
battery cell, solar array string, or electronics pulse width modulator 
failures.  The systems/subsystems team also began preparing for our AETD 
Champion Team meeting next Thursday.  In the next few weeks, we'll continue 
to close RFAs and support ongoing subsystem trades (particularly those that 
have systems-level impacts) in preparation for the subsystem and mission 
PDRs in the fall.

The Project continued to support RAO enabling them to have their SDO 
independent cost estimate complete by the end of next week.  We are also 
coordinating/working with the IRT in preparation for the ICR review next 
month.  The IRT technical portion is progressing but their independent cost 
estimate will not be ready for review until 7/30.  Therefore, 
GSFC/Langley/HQ are discussing options & schedules for the reviews next month.

We are in the process of reviewing the Instrument Concept Study Reports and 
will start informal briefings with GSFC/HQ LWS Programs next week.  In 
addition, we will be traveling to CA next week for a technical/management 
coordination meeting with HMI.  Both the e2V (CCD) & the RAL (camera 
electronics) peer reviews were conducted this week and we are anxiously 
awaiting a report for our overseas team.  We will also be supporting a 
SHARPP Belgium meeting next week.

The ground system circulated it's first ICD for Project review. The MOC to 
SOC ICD contains the draft procedures for Science Operations Center to 
Mission Operations Center commanding sequences and protocols necessary for 
safe observatory and instrument operations.  Another joint ground and 
science team meeting was held to discuss the requirements and needs of 
merging observatory health and safety telemetry with science 
telemetry.  Progress continues to be made on documents such as the Detailed 
Mission requirement, Ops. Concept, and the draft versions of other ICDs.

The Mission Assurance Team has been evaluating the assurance documentation 
supplied by Lockheed Martin in support of HMI development.  LMA's 
documentation includes their Performance Assurance Implementation Plan 
(PAIP), Software Development Plan (SDP), Materials and Process (M&P) List, 
as well as a half dozen related workmanship 
standards.  Agreements/questions associated with GSFC's review will be 
discussed at the HMI meeting next week.

The CM team spent the majority of the week inputting data into the intranet 
database and working fixes/enhancements.  In addition, they updated and 
distributed the action item list and coordinated/integrated the SCR RFA 
responses for systems review/input.  The team also finalized the Single 
Board Computer (SBC) procurement package which has been submitted to GSFC 
Procurement for review/processing.  The Project Support team spent a lot of 
time this week struggling/working with the new Core Financial System.  They 
successfully input several PR's and continue to learn about the system.

Thanks,
Ken

"When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another, a Practical person 
relies on the language of the first."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet & Philosopher

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