Program Level Status

Spacecraft continues to perform superbly and operations continue to be routine. No significant spacecraft hardware problems or safe modes have occurred since last report.
Flight software patch to mitigate EPHIN hardware failure flag glitch running SCS 107.
827 Cycle 4 proposals (817 GO, 10 GTO) submitted by deadline of 3/15/02. Peer Review held on schedule June 18-20.
Plan agreed to with MSFC and HQ on adding resources in the Ed/Outreach area to provide additional emphasis on SSUs.
CXC Quarterly review 4/23/02. No major actions resulted from the review. MSFC Independent Annual Review to be held 9/5/02.
Contract change in work to direct SAO to perform call for proposals in place of NRA – similar to HST model.
CXC Contract extension proposal for 11-months from 9/30/02 to 8/31/03 in final sign-off with MSFC.
MSFC is pursuing a JOFOC approach for contract post 8/31/03. Second 5-year budget level briefing given to HQ as part of POP-02.
No significant near-team budget or staffing issues. Out-year profile in work with HQ.

Spacecraft continues to perform superbly and operations continue to be routine. No significant spacecraft hardware problems or safe modes have occurred since last report.