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Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $74,932 - Thursday the 26th of December 2013
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MANEUVERABLE PICO-SATELLITES PICO-SATELLITES ARE AN EMERGING NEW CLASS OF SPACECRAFT. MANEUVERABLE PICO-SATELLITES REQUIRE ACTIVE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) SYSTEMS TO PERFORM COORDINATED TASKS SUCH AS FORMATION FLYING AND AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING. A COMPACT, LOW POWER GN&C SYSTEM WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED FOR USE ON PICO-SATELLITES. THE PROPOSED DESIGN PROVIDES 6 DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM (DOF) TRANSLATION AND ROTATION CONTROL IN LESS THAN 25% OF A 3-UNIT CUBESAT OR 3 DOF ROTATION ONLY CONTROL IN LESS THAN ONE HALF A STANDARD CUBESAT VOLUME. DURING PHASE 2, FLIGHT COMPONENTS WILL BE PROCURED, INTEGRATED, AND TESTED AS A SINGLE EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND DELIVERED AS A FLIGHT UNIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION AND IN-ORBIT DEMONSTRATION ON A SUITABLE PICO-SATELLITE FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY. THE TECHNOLOGY IS EXPECTED TO REACH TRL 6 BY THE CONCLUSION OF PHASE 2.
  • $25,001 - Thursday the 26th of December 2013
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MANEUVERABLE PICO-SATELLITES PICO-SATELLITES ARE AN EMERGING NEW CLASS OF SPACECRAFT. MANEUVERABLE PICO-SATELLITES REQUIRE ACTIVE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) SYSTEMS TO PERFORM COORDINATED TASKS SUCH AS FORMATION FLYING AND AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING. A COMPACT, LOW POWER GN&C SYSTEM WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED FOR USE ON PICO-SATELLITES. THE PROPOSED DESIGN PROVIDES 6 DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM (DOF) TRANSLATION AND ROTATION CONTROL IN LESS THAN 25% OF A 3-UNIT CUBESAT OR 3 DOF ROTATION ONLY CONTROL IN LESS THAN ONE HALF A STANDARD CUBESAT VOLUME. DURING PHASE 2, FLIGHT COMPONENTS WILL BE PROCURED, INTEGRATED, AND TESTED AS A SINGLE EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND DELIVERED AS A FLIGHT UNIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION AND IN-ORBIT DEMONSTRATION ON A SUITABLE PICO-SATELLITE FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY. THE TECHNOLOGY IS EXPECTED TO REACH TRL 6 BY THE CONCLUSION OF PHASE 2.

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