PSU-Swift-SLP-21.1
Rev. 0.1 (5 November 01)
Technology Transfer Control Plan
PSU Swift Project
5 November 2001
Document No.: Swift-SLP-21.1
Contract No.: NAS5-00136
Approved by: / Date:PSU Swift Principal Investigator
PSU Swift Project Manager
PSU Swift XRT Team Lead
PSU Swift UVOT Team Lead
PSU Swift Mission Operations Lead
PSU Swift Quality Assurance Manager
PSU Swift TTCP Manager
Change History Log
Revision
/Date
/Description of Change
Rev 0
/5 Oct 01
/ Initial release. (Prepared by M. Crookshank & M. Chester)Rev 0.1
/5 Nov\ 01
/ Revisions by M. ChesterTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONTROL PLAN (TTCP)
FOR:
Development of the X-Ray Telescope, THE UV Optical Telescope AND THE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER AND GROUND NETWORK FOR THE nasa sWIFT mEDIUM eXPLORER pROJECT
ODTC CASE NO TA 1934-00A
DOCUMENT NUMBER: PSU-SWIFT-SLP-21.1
PREPARED FOR
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)
PREPARED BY:
The Pennsylvania State University
SWIFT MEDIUM EXPLORER PROJECT
2565 Park Center Blvd, Suite 200
State College, PA 16801
November 5, 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
1.1 PSU Swift Project
1.2 Bristol Park Swift Facility
1.3 Swift Project Collaborative Agreements
2. SCOPE
2.1 Scope of Work
2.2 Details of Technology to be Exported
2.2.1 Hardware Summary
2.2.2 Software Summary
2.2.3 Defense Service Summary
3. ODTC PROVISOS AND ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS
3.1 Provisos as provided by Dept of State
3.2 Reimbursement of U.S. Dept of Defense Monitoring as required
4. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Categories of Allowable Technical Data to be Transferred
4.2 Data Matrix
4.3 Training Requirements
4.3.1 U.S. (Citizens), U.S. Nationals, and Lawful Permanent Resident Personnel Training
4.3.2 Foreign Nationals Training
4.3.3 Training of Supervisors of Foreign Nationals
4.3.4 Pre-Discussion Briefings (technical interchange meetings, telecons, VTCs)
4.4 Hardware, Software, Technical Documentation/Data, Intellectual Property, and Defense Service Transfer Control
4.4.1 U.S. Technology/Defense Service
4.4.2 Logging & Control Procedures
4.4.3 Rules and Controls Governing Access to Technical Data by Foreign Persons
4.4.4 Allowable Hardware, Software, Documentation, Intellectual Property and Know-how Transfer
4.4.5 In-Company Control of Foreign Personnel
4.4.6 Computer Access
4.4.7 Technical Information on Non-Related Programs
4.4.8 Classified/Unclassified (USG) Technical Data
4.4.9 Work Location
5 SUMMARY
6 APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: State Department Letter of Initial Approval, including ODTC Provisos and Additional Limitations
APPENDIX B: Non-Export-Controlled Technical Information (Excerpt from the Memorandum of Understanding Covering US and UK Participation in the Narrow Field Instruments for Swift)
APPENDIX C: Export-Controlled Technical Data Transferable by PSU to the University of Leicester and Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Excerpt from Appendix D to the Technical Assistance Agreement, ODTC No. TA 1934-00A)
APPENDIX D: Export-Controlled Technical Data Transferable by PSU to the University of Leicester and Mullard Space Science Laboratory (GSFC-PSU Export Exemption Authorization for UL and MSSL)
APPENDIX E: Technical Data Not Approved for Export to the UK (Excerpts from ODTC Provisos and GSFC-PSU Export Exemption)
APPENDIX F: PSU Guidelines for Controlled Documents and Technical Data
APPENDIX G: Non-Disclosure Agreement -- U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card No. ______)
APPENDIX H: Non-Disclosure Agreement -- Foreign National
APPENDIX I: PSU Technical Data Submittal Request
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONTROL PLAN (TTCP)
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 PSU Swift Project
This Technology Transfer Control Plan (TTCP) has been prepared by the Swift Medium Explorer Project (hereafter “PSU Swift Project”) of the Pennsylvania State University (hereafter “PSU”) to ensure that the processes utilized by PSU in the design, development, test and operation of the X-Ray Telescope, the UV Optical Telescope and the Mission Operations Center and Ground Network designed by PSU in accordance with contract NAS5-00136 are restricted and protected in accordance with the Limitations and Provisions identified by the Office of Defense Trade Controls (ODTC), Department of State, Export Case(s), i.e., License, No(s). TA 1934-00A.
1.2 Bristol Park Swift Facility
The PSU Swift Project is located in a secure facility consisting of a complex of offices and laboratories at the Bristol Corporate Office Park in State College, Pennsylvania, five miles from PSU’s University Park Campus. The Bristol Park Swift Facility is dedicated 100% to the performance of Swift work. PSU students, staff and faculty, unless employed by the PSU Swift Project, do not have physical or electronic (computer) access to the facility.
1.3 Swift Project Collaborative Agreements
The Swift Project is a collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (hereafter “GSFC”) and several UK and Italian research institutions. Work is performed under PSU’s contract with NASA (NAS5-00136), NASA’s Letters of Agreement (April 2000) with the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK (hereafter “PPARC”), and the Memorandum of Understanding (September 2000; hereafter “US-UK MoU”) between PSU, GSFC, University of Leicester (hereafter “UL”), and Mullard Space Sciences Laboratory of the University College, London (hereafter “MSSL”). All work performed by and for the foreign partners is on the basis of “no exchange of funds.”
NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IS INVOLVED IN THE PSU-UK COLLABORATION.
2 SCOPE
2.1 Scope of Work
This Technology Transfer Control Plan (TTCP) delineates the policies and controls to assure no transfer of technical data takes place beyond what is approved by ODTC.
This TTCP covers technical data/know-how to be transferred during the period of the US-UK MoU between PSU, UL, and MSSL for tasks associated with the PSU Swift Project. The period of the MoU is approximately six years and consists of five phases. Preparation of the Concept Study in Response to NASA AO-98-OSS-03 (Phase A) was completed prior to signing of the MoU. Preliminary Design (Phase B) was completed in February 2001. The other three phases are covered partially or entirely under ODTC No. TA 1934-00A: Comprehensive Design (Phase C), manufacture, calibration and testing, including integration and testing with the Swift spacecraft, of the XRT and UVOT (Phase D), preparation for Mission Operations (Phase D), launch of Swift in September 2003, and science operations and data analysis (Phase E). Swift’s nominal operational period continues for 3 years post-launch, until September 2006.
The Swift Medium Explorer (hereafter “Swift”) is a rapid-response, multi-wavelength observatory that is designed to investigate the afterglow characteristics of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) with a high sensitivity study of ~1000 bursts. The discovery of afterglow from gamma-ray bursts shows that GRBs are produced at cosmological distances, making the bursts the most powerful relativistic explosions known. The physical causes of the bursts remain unresolved, but merging of binary neutron stars, black hole-neutron star mergers or collapse of massive and rapidly spinning stars (hypernovae) are among models currently under consideration. The afterglow may be produced by the interaction of an ultra-relativistic blast wave with the interstellar or intergalactic medium. A key prediction of afterglow models is a break in the spectrum that migrates in energy from the gamma ray, through X-ray, to the optical band with a power law decay in the source flux. The spectral break moves through the X-ray band in a few seconds, but takes up to 1000 seconds to reach the optical.
Swift will determine accurate locations of the bursts, and via their multi-frequency properties, reveal how the blast wave evolves and interacts with its surroundings. Swift has been selected through NASA Announcement of Opportunity AO98-OSS-03. Swift is planned for a fall 2003 launch on a Delta-class launch vehicle, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Swift mission can locate a burst to a few arc minutes using an autonomous trigger from the wide field of view coded-aperture gamma-ray Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). Using this preliminary burst position, the spacecraft will slew rapidly to position the burst within the fields of view of two co-aligned Narrow Field telescopes, the X-ray Telescope (XRT) and the UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT). Using the high spatial resolution of the XRT, a refined location will be obtained and transmitted to the ground, via the TDRSS. For those sources exhibiting an optical component, the UVOT will provide a sub-arcsecond position and an optical finding chart; these will also be transmitted to the ground via TDRSS. Using the photometric and spectroscopic capabilities of the three on-board instruments, the crucial early phases of the burst can be monitored. The burst alerts and locations will be made available to the community within seconds of receipt at the ground station to initiate ground-based optical and radio follow-up programs.
Initial positions, finding charts and X-ray spectra will be made publicly available within seconds of their generation, using the TDRSS link and GCN (GRB Coordinates Network) distribution. A Mission Operations Center (MOC), located at and operated by the Pennsylvania State University, is responsible for operating the Swift spacecraft after launch, including monitoring mission health and safety and generating pre-planned observing timelines. The MOC receives all raw telemetry and produces Level 0 (L0) data, which are sent to the Swift Science Data Center (SDC) at GSFC. The SDC will create Level 1 (L1) FITS files and promptly make these available to the Swift science team data centers around the world. These data centers will create and maintain parallel databases of results for community access through the World Wide Web.
The US-UK MoU provides the terms for PSU’s and UL’s participation in development of the Swift X-Ray Telescope (hereafter “XRT”) and to support development of the Mission Operations Center and Ground Network (hereafter “MOC/GN”). UL will provide the following for the XRT:
§ System engineering support and designs,
§ Support for definition of the mechanical, electrical, and communications interfaces between the Swift spacecraft bus and the XRT,
§ Interface information necessary for accommodation of the XRT on the Swift spacecraft,
§ Focal Plane Camera Assembly (FPCA),
§ Charge Coupled Devices from the EPIC/XMM programme,
§ CCD mounting assembly incorporating thermo-electric cooler,
§ Light blocking filter,
§ Radiator assembly and FPCA thermal links,
§ Vacuum Ground Support Equipment,
§ Cryogenic Ground Support Equipment,
§ Qualification of Focal Plane Camera Assembly,
§ CCD calibration,
§ Filter calibration,
§ Telescope Alignment Monitor
§ Electron Deflector Magnets
§ Integration and alignment of components received from the Pennsylvania State University into the X-ray Telescope,
§ Support for XRT qualification and calibration in the USA,
§ Support for XRT integration with the Swift spacecraft, and associated testing, validation and calibration in the USA,
§ Support for XRT documentation and progress reports.
UL will provide the following for the MOC/GN:
· Support for definition of the communications interfaces between the spacecraft bus and all elements of the Swift ground network,
· Support for XRT L0 data processing,
· Support for XRT command and telemetry documentation and databases,
· Support for XRT pipeline data processing and data analysis software,
· Support for monitoring of XRT performance, health and safety.
The US-UK MoU provides the terms for PSU’s and MSSL’s participation in development of the Swift UV Optical Telescope (hereafter “UVOT”) and to support development of the MOC/GN. MSSL will provide the following for the UVOT:
§ System engineering support except as noted for specific subsystems,
§ System engineering lead for electronics through calibration in the USA,
§ Support for definition of the mechanical, electrical, and communications interfaces between the Swift spacecraft bus and the UVOT,
§ Interface information necessary for accommodation of the UVOT on the Swift spacecraft,
§ Telescope optical subsystem (primary, secondary and tertiary mirrors),
§ Telescope structure (including interface to Swift optical bench),
§ Telescope baffle and primary and secondary mirror baffles,
§ Detector subsystem including high voltage and processing electronics,
§ Filter wheels including mechanisms and optical elements,
§ Beam-selector mechanism,
§ Telescope power supply including motor drive electronics,
§ Thermal control subsystem,
§ Instrument control unit including spacecraft interface and software,
§ Harnesses both internal to the telescope and external except the DEM-telescope harness
§ System-level GSE from the X-ray Multiple Mirror mission, to support integration, alignment, transportation and operation of UVOT,
§ Subsystem GSE from the X-ray Multiple Mirror mission, as needed,
§ Telescope structural finite element model,
§ Telescope thermal finite element model,
§ Subsystem-level qualification and calibration,
§ Integration and alignment of components received from the Pennsylvania State University into the UV/Optical Telescope,
§ Assurance of the cleanliness requirements of the UVOT through delivery to the USA,
§ Telescope shipping container,
§ Shipment of the UVOT to Goddard Space Flight Center in the USA,
§ Support for UVOT integration with the Swift spacecraft, and associated testing, validation and calibration in the USA,
§ Support for UVOT documentation and progress reports.
MSSL will provide the following for the MOC/GN:
· Support for definition of the communications interfaces between the spacecraft bus and all elements of the Swift ground network,
· Support for UVOT L0 data processing,
· Support for UVOT command and telemetry documentation and databases,
· Support for UVOT pipeline data processing and data analysis software,
· Support for monitoring of UVOT performance, health and safety
2.2 Details of Technology to be Exported
2.2.1 Hardware Summary
PSU intends to export to UL:
§ Components for a Laboratory Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Camera
Major components built at PSU:
o Clock Generator
o Clock Driver Board
o Signal Chain
o FIFO Buffer Board
o CCD Bias Board
Major commercial components:
o High Speed Digital I/O card (National Instruments: PCI-DIO-32HS)
o Multifunction I/O card (National Instruments: AT-MIO-64E-3)
o Sequencer (Analog Devices kit: ADDS-21020-EZ-LAB)
o Analog-to-Digital Converter (12-bit, either: AD7572A or CS5012-TD12)
§ Power Supply for Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) for CCD Camera
§ Telescope Structure
Components:
o Telescope Tube and Door
o Alignment Cube
o Electrical Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for XRT Components
o Mechanical GSE for the XRT, including Lifting Harness
o Heaters and Harness, including Electrical Harness
§ Mirror Mounting Collar and Baffles