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AN IRIDIUM ORBITAL EXPERIMENT DESIGN REVIEW WILL BE HELD WHICH WILL COVER THE SYSTEM DESIGN, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS AND THE VARIOUS INTERFACES. NASA AND ORS WILL BE INVITED TO THE REVIEW AND PROVIDED WITH COPIES OF PRESENTATION MATERIALS. A POST-LAUNCH REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOLLOWING EACH LAUNCH TO INCLUDE MISSION OVERVIEW, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, AND EXPECTED BEHAVIOR; A DETAIL OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION USED; A COPY OF THE RAW MESSAGES RECEIVED; EXPERIMENT SUMMARY ON THE BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE IRIDIUM NETWORK FOR ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS; ANALYSIS OF IRIDIUM MESSAGE DATA TO RELATIVE VEHICLE STATE; ANALYSIS OF IRIDIUM CONSTELLATION AVAILABILITY TO VEHICLE TRAJECTORY; ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AND ANY OBSERVED ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR AS AVAILABLE INCLUDING DROPOUTS; DATA INTEGRITY, LATENCY ISSUES, AND SATELLITE HANDOFF; INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE WITH IRIDIUM TECHNICAL TEAM SUPPORT, AND SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS FOR FOLLOW-ON EXPERIMENTS

AN IRIDIUM ORBITAL EXPERIMENT DESIGN REVIEW WILL BE HELD WHICH WILL COVER THE SYSTEM DESIGN, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS AND THE VARIOUS INTERFACES. NASA AND ORS WILL BE INVITED TO THE REVIEW AND PROVIDED WITH COPIES OF PRESENTATION MATERIALS. A POST-LAUNCH REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOLLOWING EACH LAUNCH TO INCLUDE MISSION OVERVIEW, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, AND EXPECTED BEHAVIOR; A DETAIL OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION USED; A COPY OF THE RAW MESSAGES RECEIVED; EXPERIMENT SUMMARY ON THE BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE IRIDIUM NETWORK FOR ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS; ANALYSIS OF IRIDIUM MESSAGE DATA TO RELATIVE VEHICLE STATE; ANALYSIS OF IRIDIUM CONSTELLATION AVAILABILITY TO VEHICLE TRAJECTORY; ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AND ANY OBSERVED ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR AS AVAILABLE INCLUDING DROPOUTS; DATA INTEGRITY, LATENCY ISSUES, AND SATELLITE HANDOFF; INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE WITH IRIDIUM TECHNICAL TEAM SUPPORT, AND SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS FOR FOLLOW-ON EXPERIMENTS