Renewing Our Reach to the Heavens by Mark Whalen New Tracking Station in Australia Begins Upgrades Throughout the Deep Space Network

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Renewing our reach to the heavens By Mark Whalen New tracking station in Australia begins upgrades throughout the Deep Space Network

The Canberra, Australia, Deep Space Communications Complex.

Officials gathered near Canberra, Australia, Feb. 25 for a groundbreaking ceremony to begin construction of a new Deep Space Network antenna. From left are Miguel Marina, JPL’s 34-meter implementation manager; Peter Vrotsos, NASA director of network services; Badri Younes, NASA deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation; Megan Clark, CEO of the Australian Com- monwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO); Alex Zelinsky, group executive for information services at CSIRO; Miriam Baltuck, director of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex; U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich; William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for space operations; Charles Elachi, director of JPL.

With a groundbreaking ceremony near Bhanji, manager of the Deep Space Net- Although more than 40 years old, the it, put people up in the cone of the an- Canberra, Australia, in late February, work Project Office (920). 70-meter antennas aren’t going away just tenna to do the work,” Sible said. “Now construction is now underway to replace JPL acting task manager Miguel Ma- yet. Sible noted that their large aperture we will have a more robust system, with the aging 70-meter-wide (230-foot) com- rina is on site in Canberra to work with size makes them unique, for example, in the ability to add additional frequencies munication antennas of the JPL-managed the Lab’s Australian partners in getting supporting radar science at Goldstone, within the pedestal when they’re needed. Deep Space Network. the initial infrastructure work started. which is the largest movable aperture From a return on investment standpoint, Each of the Deep Space Network The job includes building the infrastruc- that can be used for near-Earth object the beam-waveguides give us more bang complexes—Canberra; Madrid, Spain; ture to support the antennas, their me- tracking with radar. for the buck.” and Goldstone, Calif., near Barstow— chanical structures and electronics, and The beam-waveguide antennas provide Besides JPL’s missions in flight, the will have four 34-meter beam-waveguide additional subsystem resources at the the flexibility needed to operate on mul- DSN currently supports more than 36 antennas when the project is completed signal processing center. tiple frequencies, including the wider- missions in deep space, Earth and lunar by 2024. During the construction period, no bandwidth Ka-band signal, required for orbit for other NASA centers as well as In all, six new antennas will be in- disruptions to power and capabilities are new missions approved after 2009. An for the European, Japanese and Indian stalled throughout the network. expected at the site, said Wayne Sible, array of four of 34-meter (112-foot) space agencies. The network also sup- The task begins at the Canberra facil- acting manager of the 70M Replacement antennas can supply downlink capabili- ports six ground-based science missions. ity, which currently houses the fewest Task Office (926). ties similar to a 70-meter antenna, Sible On-Lab, JPL manages an operations antennas in the network, where three Once the Canberra antennas are suc- said, adding that arrays are scalable, control center that coordinates activities of the new antennas will be added by cessfully installed, the task will move to freeing assets when the 70-meter capa- between the network stations, as well as 2018. Plans call for the first of those to Madrid, where the two new structures bility is not needed. the project’s mission support area, which be completed by 2014 and operational are scheduled for completion in 2020 “The design of the 34-meter beam- is contracted to ITT Industries, Systems by 2015, a challenging timeline due and 2022. Goldstone will have its new waveguides allows us during mainte- Division. ITT also manages an operations to a much greater percentage of flight 34-meter beam-waveguide antenna in nance and upgrades to do work in the and maintenance facility in Monrovia for projects being viewable in the Southern 2024. pedestal, where with the 70-meter we JPL. Hemisphere that year, noted Alaudin have to stop operating the antenna, stow 2 A new way n i v e r s e U of keeping time

Online Users will see an easy-to-use, intuitive timecard with timecards simple interface screens and clearly identified items. receive an upgrade SPECIAL FEATURES

• Project/task numbers can be selected to By Mark Whalen automatically display on log-in. Users can select accounts using an insert feature or make manual entries, and can add their own descriptions and

Dutch Slager / JPL Photo Lab comments. Alicia Bojko of the Institutional Business Systems Division points out features of the new timekeeping system. • Methods of making certain entries for those on a 9/80 schedule (such as adding the 9th hour for a holiday that displays as 8 hours) have been made A number of new features await JPLers when the Lab’s new timekeeping system is rolled out in simple and clear. late April.

Driven by the critical relationship between the timekeeping system and JPL end users, the rede- “Everything on One Tab” sign project will produce a more streamlined and easier-to-use online timecard with more embedded business rules to reduce errors. • Everything you need to complete your timecard The implementation of the current Kronos timekeeping application provided JPL with the capabil- appears on one tab including week ending date, pay ity to accommodate the 9/80 alternate work schedule as well as the unique requirement for both a period, and accruals (vacation, sick leave, personal timekeeping and labor distribution system within the same application, noted project manager Alicia holiday). Bojko of the Institutional Business Systems Division. “However, employees voiced legitimate com- plaints about Kronos’ usability,” she said. “It wasn’t as intuitive as we’d like, and the custom labor- For weekly employees: distribution area proved problematic for users who had numerous charge codes.” • An allocation worksheet calculates percentage of Now, Bojko said, everything employees need to complete their timecard will be on one tab, includ- effort for tasks from hour entries and percentages ing projects and tasks with names and numbers; accruals of personal, sick and vacation time; pay are automatically transferred to the timecard. period and workweek period; and percent of allocation for weekly employees for productive effort. Employees will also be able to select specific work authorization memo (WAM) numbers for display. • Nonproductive effort can be selected from a drop- Other improvements include a more user-friendly interface and the ability to add free-form com- down menu for hour entries, and comments can be ments. Also, to reduce errors on Monday mornings, weekly and hourly timecards will default to the added. prior week until the system locks down at 10 a.m. Mondays. Different messages will appear onscreen depending on employee type (supervisors, overtime-eligible employees, etc.). For hourly employees: In addition, Bojko said, supervisors will now be able to review timecards of their employees via a link on the supervisor’s own timecard. • A daily in/out entry screen for the current day pops Another key savings for JPL comes in managing labor charging for work in process in the Lab’s up on log-in. fabrication organizations. For example, the Enterprise Engineering Division 37 employs numerous • Daily totals are automatically calculated. cleanroom and shop technicians who don’t have their own computers. For them, the timekeeping

application also serves as a tracking system for work orders. But when the Kronos system came

onboard, it couldn’t accommodate both functions together, creating the need for separate entries. TIMELINE But no longer, said Lew Soloway, the Division 37 manager, who noted an additional benefit. “We will be able to have remote reporting when our technicians go to the Cape, where they can use a • User acceptance testing during March/April. PDA to accurately track their work,” he said. “This will be significant when Mars Science Laboratory • Operational readiness review in April. goes to Florida.” “We have hundreds of jobs every week, and the ability to keep track of that is very important,” • Labwide training in April includes briefings, hands-on Soloway said. “My concern is our ability to be able to report to our customers what a job costs as and computer-based training; a quick reference aid quickly and as accurately as possible.” will be provided. Bojko said Labwide training for the new timekeeping system will begin in April. E-mail announce- ments of briefings, online tutorials and hands-on training opportunities will commence in March. “The project team has been working diligently to bring the new timecard to the JPL community,” she said. “We have heard the primary challenges and believe that the new user interface will be of great value to employees.” 3 NASA’s proposed fiscal

year 2011 budget includes n i v e r s e U an increase of about Helping $1 billion in funding for Earth science studies over save the the next five years. JPL Earth Science and Technol- Earth ogy Director Diane Evans discusses the ramifications By Mark Whalen for the Laboratory. Dutch Slager / JPL Photo Lab

Once Congress approves it, how will the budget Program. We will also have expanded opportunities in the In addition to the survey, has there been higher play out in terms of current and new missions annual solicitation for Venture-class flight instruments. recognition by the Obama administration, as in Earth science? In the NOAA budget we have funding for Jason 3, which well as Congress and the public? First, the budget includes the reflight of the Orbit- continues measurements of sea level rise, ocean surface Exactly. People really appreciate that we need to have ing Carbon Observatory, with a launch date of Febru- currents and heat transport. views and observations of the Earth even if some of them ary 2013. Since the team that originally implemented Overall, we have a healthier program. I think JPL, our want to debate whether climate change is caused by hu- this mission did such a fantastic job of getting us to the colleagues at the NASA centers and in the university mans. With the current capabilities getting older and no launch pad, everyone has been supportive of a reflight. community all benefit from this. We were all working new capabilities coming on line, we were actually losing We’re also going to see the acceleration of the devel- toward the decadal survey, so anything that’s good for our capacity to monitor the Earth at a really critical time. opment of missions recommended by the 2007 National the survey is good for all of us. It means we have a plan That was really a wakeup call to many people. Academy of Sciences’ decadal survey. This report de- and we get to execute the plan. We’re in a really good position. scribes the Earth science measurement priorities for How might the new opportunities affect staffing both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric at JPL? Could this mean you can hire more sci- Administration, which is the federal agency that focuses People really appreciate that we need to entists? on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. Yes. We are definitely planning to hire people who are The Academy also develops decadal surveys for as- have views and observations of the Earth experts at comparing observations with climate models. tronomy, planetary science, astrophysics and other areas. There’s a lot of uncertainty in future climate because of The 2007 decadal survey was the first one ever for Earth even if some of them want to debate wheth- uncertainty in the models. So we have been working with science. er climate change is caused by humans. the modeling community to make our observations more NASA’s plan includes launching four high-priority, or accessible to them. tier 1, decadal survey missions through 2017. With the current capabilities getting older There have traditionally been pure modeling experts and pure instrument experts—and there is a real need for and no new capabilities coming on line, we Which of those is JPL responsible for? a bridge between these two communities. That’s an area JPL is developing the Soil Moisture Active and Passive were actually losing our capacity to monitor that’s going to grow for us. mission, which is targeted for launch in November 2014, the Earth at a really critical time. That was and Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of How many will be hired? Ice (DESDynI), to launch in 2017. Both of these are part- really a wakeup call to many people. It could be up to 10, at all levels from very experienced nerships with Goddard Space Flight Center. to fresh-outs. We’ll also focus on attracting post-docs in The new budget plan also calls for the development of this area. a class of climate continuity missions, which will include Are you excited about these developments, or a follow-on to our Gravity Recovery and Climate Experi- is it something you knew was coming anyway? ment (GRACE) mission that helps us better understand In addition to the Aquarius mission launching I’ve been expecting great things since the decadal how much ice is being lost from Antarctica and Green- in the coming months, you’ve outlined plans for survey came out in 2007, because it so clearly laid out land, and how much water is being removed from under- launching four more Earth science missions in important things to do. I’m very excited that there is now the next eight years. Is JPL up to the challenge? ground reservoirs. This new mission is scheduled for a not only recognition that this is the right roadmap of what 2015 launch. Definitely. However, there may need to be a change in is needed, but that additional resources are being made Also in the climate continuity missions there may be the mix of expertise and some targeted hiring. This is an available to get us moving down that path. potential additional measurements identified for develop- area we’ll be working on with the other directorates over ment in concert with the U.S. Global Change Research the next few months. Un i v e r s e 4 Pasadena, CA 91109. CA Pasadena, Drive, Grove Oak 4800 Laboratory,Propulsion Jet the of Education and Communications of Office the by published is Universe READ AND SUBMIT CLASSIFIED ADS ADS CLASSIFIED SUBMIT AND READ ATJPL’ online s universe@jpl.nasa.gov David Hinkle David Audrey Steffan Audrey JPL Photo Lab Photo JPL Photography Production Design Whalen Mark Editor B N http://jplspace E-mail

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