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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,

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

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

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

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