Operations: Contingency
32 Contingency Plans have been identified and documented. All have been tested with the Spacecraft or verified by analysis.
Observatory Health and Safety is monitored by ASIST, which alerts FOT via Skytel paging network via the SERS system.
SMOC provides L0 data and can flow real-time or recorded telemetry to remote instrumenters, LMMS Engineers & SwRI Engineers for troubleshooting.
All mission critical SMOC systems have backup hardware.
Mission Data is backed up in multiple locations (JPL, FEDS, DHDS, NSSDC).
FSW Maintenance:
- SwRI provides FSW Maintenance of CIDP.
- LMMS provides FSW Maintenance of SCU s/w on a sustaining engineering contract to SwRI.
- SIís provide FSW Maintenance for their instruments.