LISA

LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA

LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA(LISA) IS A MISSION LED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA.

LISA, three spacecrafts trailing Earth in its orbit, relays laser beams to detect gravitational waves from massive black holes.

CHALLENGE

TPM was contracted to deliver comprehensive Systems Engineering services throughout the entire lifecycle of the NASA LISA project, encompassing critical systems such as Laser, Telescope, Charge Management Device, and the Science Ground Segment.

ACTIONS

Project Management - Deputy Project Manager, performed Technology Readiness Planning, Budget, WBS, Resources and critical communication with NASA Agency, development partners and international stakeholders for the NASA LISA Mission and instruments.
Systems Engineering - for mission-critical NASA LISA Instrument Systems
- Laser System Requirements Management
- Telescope Requirements Management
- Charge Management Device Requirements Management
- Systems Engineering Management Plan
- Risk Management Plan
- Configuration Management Plan
- Verification and Validation Plan
- Safety and Mission Assurance Plan (SMAP)
- Systems Engineering solutions for the Science Ground Segment
Analysis - Performance Model Analysis, Simulation
Organizational Transformation -Proposed reorganization to support the program maturity, graduating elements to instruments, and repurposing human resources as technologies were de prioritized by ESA