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OPR Receives JPSS-2 Launch Support Accolades
The JPSS-2 customer provided commendations to the JPSS Flight Dynamics Analysis Team, for providing outstanding support to the JPSS Program and JPSS Flight Project during preparation leading up to the JPSS-2 launch, as well as the launch and orbit raising campaign. Their foresighted preparation for the launch campaign and quick response to questions during the campaign were huge contributing factors to the success of the JPSS-2 launch and orbit raising campaign. The team was incredibly proactive leading up to the JPSS-2 launch on November 10. Well before launch, they identified the need and created an Orbital Ascent Trajectory Planner tool,
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Omitron Announces Roger Simpson as President
Founders Bruce Larsen and Fred Hawkins announce the promotion of Roger Simpson as Omitron’s President. Mr. Simpson will be responsible for Omitron’s daily operations, strategy, business development, and technology development activities for its Civil and DoD/IC sectors. Before being named President, Roger was the Director of Operations for DoD and IC Space Programs and Vice President of the DoD and IC Sector. Prior to joining Omitron in 2019, Roger dedicated 30 years to NASA and IC space operations, the last 11 years as a member of the Senior Executive Service. During his 30 years of government service, Roger served as
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OPR Receives Letter of Commendation for James Webb Space Telescope Flight Dynamics Support Services
On Jan 25, 2022, (OPR) a mentor protégé joint-venture with Omitron Inc. and Pearl River Technologies LLC receives a Letter of Commendation for exceptional performance in support of the James Webb Space Telescope from Karen Richon, the JWST Flight Dynamics Lead. “The management of the task and coordination between the analysis, development and operations groups was outstanding. Contractor management significantly contributed to a near-seamless integration of the civil servants into the JWST operations support. The civil servant team gained valuable experience in supporting launch and mission operations. The closer relationship between the 595 branch members and FDF operations members will
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NASA Team Award for Space Flight Awareness
On Thursday, April 15th 2021, members of the GSFC FDF Flight Operations team were presented the Team Award for Space Flight Awareness. The award was given as recognition for all of the recent work, analysis, and development of launch abort scenarios that have helped enable the recent and future crewed missions to ensure safe operations during a launch anomaly. The selection committee deemed those efforts demonstrated exemplary teamwork while accomplishing a particular task or goal in support of the human space program. Congratulations to the entire team and our Omitron team members!
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Omitron Appraised at ML2 of the CMMI V2.0 for Development
Omitron’s Civil Space Programs division is proud to announce that we have been successfully appraised at Maturity Level 2 (ML2) of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) V2.0 for Development (DEV). Congratulations to the team for another successful appraisal and demonstrating compliance with the upgraded V2.0 standard.
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Omitron Awarded SBIR Grant from USAF
The Omitron Military Division was recently awarded a Phase-II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the United States Air Force (USAF). Continuation of this effort into Phase-II will push this critical technology closer to implementation and deployment. Omitron is pleased to be able to support the USAF mission through this SBIR and our other current contracts. Technical challenge: Currently, the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) and select space-based Space Situation Awareness (SSA) assets are the only sources validated and routinely calibrated for use in maintaining the high accuracy space catalog and in the performance of associated mission areas. The process
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Swift Celebrates 15 Years
Omitron congratulates the Swift team for achieving 15 years of groundbreaking science in astrophysics. Omitron developed the Mission Operations Center (MOC) at Penn State, and our Flight Operations Team continues to perform mission operations today. We also provide sustaining engineering support from our Headquarters office in Maryland. Just as the science goals of the mission have evolved, Omitron has supported the evolution of the MOC systems through cost-saving improvements including automation upgrades to accommodate the changing science operations requirements. Congratulations on 15 years of scientific discoveries and the recently awarded mission extension from NASA which will continue to expand our
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Raptor Goes Operational for TESS Mission at NASA
On October 31st, 2019, Omitron supported the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF) Navigation Operations team in executing NASA’s Transition Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) operations through the Raptor system. This marks the first time that the Raptor scripting services capability was used operationally to generate and deliver mission products. Raptor is a cutting edge comprehensive flight dynamics system developed by the GSFC FDF under Omitron’s FDSS-II contract to improve automation, efficiency, and robustness of satellite mission operations. It is currently in use as the FDF operational tool for Tracking Data Evaluation. The Raptor system has been extended to
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NASA Awards Contract for Flight Dynamics Support Services
NASA has awarded the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) III contract to OPR, LLC, a joint venture between Omitron, Inc. and Pearl River Technologies. The contract is a small business set-aside that provides flight dynamics support to, and related services for, the Engineering and Technology Directorate’s Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a maximum ordering value of $165 million. The FDSS III contract provides operations, analysis, and development support for GSFC flight dynamics services and systems. The OPR team will provide critical support