• Use system engineering techniques to generate the technical documentation required for the proposal and mission planning effort.

◦ The System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) is written to clearly identify the process to develop the hardware and software for the science mission.

◦ The system requirements for the sounding rocket are establish for the achievement of the mission near the North Pole of the Earth.

◦ The interface control documentation (ICD) is clearly defined for the integration of the sounding rocket system and the science payload.

◦ The NASA’s system engineering process given by NPR 7321.1 and software system engineering process for NPR 5050 are used for the system.

◦ A concept of operations (ConOps) for the sounding rocket mission is developed to describe the mission.

◦ A schedule and budget for the mission is developed to ensure mission success.

◦ An initial statement of work (SOW) is developed from the product breakdown structure (PBS) to establish the tasks and work to be accomplished.

• Write sections of the proposal that meets the entrance criteria for a mission concept review (MCR).

◦ The man-power is identified and trained to support specific tasks toward the flight mission.

◦ The mission logistics between two NASA centers are managed to perform the environmental and hardware in-loop tests.

◦ The mission requirements verification matrix is developed to satisfied the system requirements

defined by the Wallops facility.