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Specific activities needed to support the sequence of events listed above
include:
Total quality management for reduction of mission problems (e.g.,
performance assurance, safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality
assurance analyses and assessments).
Assessment of specification packages to conform to all applicable
standards.
Evaluation of technical, progress, and feasibility reports.
Liaisodcoordination services to support project activities.
Interface documentation and interface engineering.
Mission plan.
Operations and training manuals.
Evaluation of configuration changes and changes to proposed designs
or procedures.
Monitoring fabrication of all hardware.
Monitoring telemetry and command signal margins.
Evaluation of logistical support for flight and ground support equipment.
Review of functional test plans and procedures.
Test and evaluation of the spacecraft, payload, and ground system.
Flight and ground software verification and validation.
Oversight of launch and operations support.
Control of costs, schedules, and technical requirements.
Plans for monitoring and controlling the allocations and error budget
associated with power, thermal, attitude, timing, and mass properties,
including launch margins.
Readiness of systems for launch.
Monitoring flight operations.
Spacecraft/ground system command and data handling coordinated
with the mission plan.
Assessment of spacecraft/payload problems.
The outputs for this phase comprise all aspects of the space and ground
segments of the mission and their operation.
Prior to proceeding to the operational phase, the launch must have been
successful, the spacecraft should be deployed and in the correct orbit, the
spacecraft and ground systems communications should be in normal
working order, and the spacecraft should be operating successfully in con-
cert with the tracking stations, telemetry and command, and data collec-
tion facilities.