NASA Earth Science Division Overview: Michael H. Freilich October, 2017 OUTLINE • ESD overview and Non-Flight summary • Budget Status • Flight Program including Venture Class • Innovation including Small-Sat Constellation • Satellite Needs Working Group results 2 3 NASA’s Earth Science Division Research Flight Applied Sciences Technology 4 NASA Earth Science Division Elements Flight (incl. Data Systems) Research & Analysis Develops, launches, and operates Supports integrative research that NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing advances knowledge of the Earth as a satellites, instruments, and aircraft. system, and capabilities to conduct Manages data systems to make data research. Six focus areas plus field and information products freely and campaigns, modeling, and scientific openly available. computing. Technology Applied Sciences Tests and demonstrates scientific Develops, tests, and supports technologies for future satellite and innovative and uses of Earth airborne missions: observations and scientific Instruments, Information Systems, knowledge by private and public Components, InSpace Validation sectors to inform their planning, (cubesats). decisions, and actions. 5 Earth Science Research Focus Areas Carbon cycle and Ecosystems Climate Variability and Change Atmospheric Composition Global Water and Energy Cycle Earth Surface and Interior Weather >2,100 current awards (valued at $384M) to Centers, other agencies, private entities, universities, etc. >1,100 ($144M) of these are grants/coop. agreements issued through HQ Grants Office 6 HLS: Harmonized Landsat/Sentinel-2 Products https://hls.gsfc.nasa.gov Laramie County, WY May 4, 2016 August 8 August 17 September 1 October 20 3km 0.1 NDVI 0.9 Seasonal High temporal Sentinel-2 phenology: density of obs. + Landsat-8 allows Alfalfa Natural individual Grassland mowing (blue line) events to NDVI Irrigated be detected Alfalfa Grassland within alfalfa (red line) mowing fields. 7 7 Applied Sciences Health & Air Quality Applications • SERVIR hubs and SERVIR Applied Sciences Ecological Forecasting Applications Teams Water Resources Applications • Western Water Applications Office • Food Security and Agriculture Consortium Disaster Applications & Response Teams • VALUABLES Consortium (techniques to Capacity Building program: quantify socio-economic benefit from • SERVIR (joint with USAID), Applications) • ARSET Training, DEVELOP • Disaster Response Support and increased Early Adopters & Applications Support to preparation-based approaches Mission Planning • Funds ESD-led International Space Apps Socioeconomic Impact Methodologies Challenge Food Security Consortium Western Water Applications Office GEO Work Programme Sustainable Development Goals 8 September Disaster Response Harvey strikes Texas August 25 Chiapas (M8.1) Earthquake September 7 Irma strikes the Keys September 10 Maria strikes Puerto Rico September 20 Raboso (M7.1) Earthquake September 19 Western Wildfire Season from9 VIIRS and MODIS GPM Measurements Influence Hurricane Forecasts GPM Constellation Suomi NPP (NASA/NOAA) GPM Core MetOp B/C Observatory (EUMETSAT) (NASA/JAXA) Megha- Tropiques (CNES/ISR O) JPSS-1 (NOAA) NOAA 18/19 (NOAA) DMSP F17/F18 GCOM-W1 F19/F20 (JAXA) (DoD) 10 Earth Science Technology Advanced Technology Initiatives (ATI) Advanced Component Technologies (ACT) - development of critical components and subsystems for instruments and platforms Future solicitations/selections planned in FY 2020 and FY 2023 In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) - on-orbit technology validation and risk reduction for small instruments and instrument systems that could not otherwise be fully tested on the ground or in airborne systems Future solicitations/selections planned in FY 2018 and FY 2021 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) - robust new instrument developments and measurement techniques Future solicitations/selections planned in FY 2019 and FY 2022 Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) - innovative advances in on- orbit and ground technologies to generate, manage, and exploit data in the 5-20 year horizon Future solicitations/selections planned in FY 2018, FY 2020 and FY 2022 11 InVEST/Venture Tech Launch Schedule Project NET Launch Date Vehicle Status Mission [Deploy Date Estimate CY] WorldView-4 / Digital Globe RAVAN November 11th, 2016 Atlas-V (NRO) Launched 600 km sun-synch April 18th, 2017 NASA ISS (OA-7) Launched/Deploy ELaNa-17 IceCube [May 16th, 2017] Atlas-V ed 400 km at 51.6 deg. inclination NASA ISS (SpX-14) ELaNa-21 HARP January 26th, 2018 Manifest Falcon-9 400 km at 51.6 deg. inclination ELaNa-14 MiRaTA November 10th, 2017 Delta-II (JPSS-1) Manifest 440 x 811 km sun-synch March 14th, 2018 NASA ISS (OA-9) ELaNa-23 TEMPEST-D Manifest [NET April 2018] Cygnus/Antares II 400 km at 51.5 deg. inclination March 14th, 2018 NASA ISS (OA-9) ELaNa-23 RainCube Manifest [NET April 2018] Cygnus/Antares II 400 km at 51.5 deg. inclination March 14th, 2018 NASA ISS (OA-9) ELaNa-23 CubeRRT Manifest [NET April 2018] Cygnus/Antares II 400 km at 51.5 deg. inclination ELaNa-?? CIRiS-BATC August 1st, 2018 TBD In Work TBD SSO-A CSIM-FD 2018 Falcon-9 Manifest 575 km - 10:30am LTDN desired CIRAS-JPL TBD TBD TBD TBD NASA/ESD Funding/Appropriation Timeline • FY18 (1 Oct 2017 – 30 Sept 2018) funding at FY16 level through 8 December 2017 • President’s FY18-22 detailed budget proposal released 23 May 2017 o Proposes FY18 ESD funding at $1.754B o Proposes termination of analysis activities for DSCOVR EO instruments EPIC, NISTAR o Proposes termination of development activities for OCO-3, PACE, CLARREO-PF, RBI o Proposes termination of Carbon Monitoring System science activities (R&A) o Proposes reduction of ESD research activities for FY18 • CONGRESS must pass an appropriation for the rest of FY18, and it must be signed by the President, by 8 Dec 2018 (or short-term continuing resolutions must be passed and signed) o Actual passed/signed appropriation is informed by – but possibly modified from – the President’s detailed budget proposal o House Appropriations Committee identified a budget of $1.70B for ESD o Senate Approps. budgeted $1.92B, restored DSCOVR, OCO-3, PACE, CLARREO-PF, called for RBI schedule and cost study, and was silent on the Carbon Monitoring System • Decadal Survey report expected by 31 December 2017 o If the DS follows the Statement of Work, NASA will conduct roadmapping activities for 12-18 months to translate science/application priorities into a portfolio of specific, realistic, launch-ordered missions . With 15 – 20 missions/instruments now in development for launch before 2023, Decadal budget wedge does not open up until FY21 13 FY18-22 President’s Budget Request: ESD Maintains a robust program of competed Venture-class missions Proposes termination of Carbon Supports formulation and development of ICESat-2, GRACE- Monitoring System and proposes FO, SWOT, NISAR, Landsat 9, Sentinel-6, TSIS-1, TEMPO, reductions in funding for Earth GEDI, MAIA, ECOSTRESS, OMPS-L, TROPICS, and science research grants. GeoCarb. Proposes termination of five Earth Multi-Decadal Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) program Science missions—PACE, RBI, provides Land Imaging Technology and System Innovation. OCO-3, DSCOVR Earth-viewing instruments, and CLARREO Supports initiatives to use smaller, less expensive satellites and Pathfinder. public- private partnerships to advance science in a cost- effective manner, including cubesats and small satellite Proposed terminations reflect budget constellations. priorities and the need to adjust the Agency’s budget to match the Operates 18 additional missions, and Airborne Science nation’s current fiscal position. NASA will receive a new Earth Science Decadal Survey in 14 December 2017 Earth Science Missions Landsat 9 (2020) FY17 Program of Record PACE (2022) GeoCARB (~2021) ISS Instruments TROPICS (12) (~2021) CATS (2020), LIS (2020), SAGE III (2020) MAIA (~2021) TSIS-1 (2018), OCO-3 (2018), ECOSTRESS (2017), GEDI (2018) Sentinel-6A/B (2020, 2025) CLARREO-PF (2020) NI-SAR (2021) JPSS-2 Instruments SWOT (2021) RBI (2018), OMPS-Limb (2018) TEMPO (2018) GRACE-FO (2) (2018) ICESat-2 (2018) Formulation NISTAR, EPIC CYGNSS (8) (2019) (DSCOVR / NOAA) Implementation (2019) Primary Ops Extended Ops SMAP (>2022) SORCE, Landsat 7 QuikSCAT (USGS) (~2022) (2017) TCTE (NOAA) Suomi NPP (2017) (NOAA) (>2022) Terra (>2021) Landsat 8 Aqua (>2022) (USGS) (>2022) CloudSat (~2018) CALIPSO (>2022) GPM (>2022) Aura (>2022) GRACE (2) OSTM/Jason-2 (2018) (NOAA) (>2022) OCO-2 (>2022) 06.26.17 Earth Science Missions Landsat 9 (2020) President’s Budget Request (May 2017) GeoCARB (~2021) ISS Instruments TROPICS (12) (~2021) CATS (2020), LIS (2020), SAGE III (2020) MAIA (~2021) TSIS-1 (2018), ECOSTRESS (2017), GEDI (2018) Sentinel-6A/B (2020, 2025) NI-SAR (2021) JPSS-2 Instruments SWOT (2021) OMPS-Limb (2018) TEMPO (2018) GRACE-FO (2) (2018) ICESat-2 (2018) Formulation CYGNSS (8) (2019) Implementation Primary Ops Extended Ops SMAP (>2022) SORCE, Landsat 7 QuikSCAT (USGS) (~2022) (2017) TCTE (NOAA) Suomi NPP (2017) (NOAA) (>2022) Terra (>2021) Landsat 8 Aqua (>2022) (USGS) (>2022) CloudSat (~2018) CALIPSO (>2022) GPM (>2022) Aura (>2022) GRACE (2) OSTM/Jason-2 (2018) (NOAA) (>2022) OCO-2 (>2022) 06.26.17 Earth Venture Overview EVI EVS EVM Complete, Full function, facility- Sustained Sub- self-contained, class instruments Orbital Investigations small missions Missions of Opportunity (~4 years) (~4 years) (MoO) (~18 months) Release Selection Mission Mission Type Major Milestone Date Date EV-1, aka