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Garvey Spacecraft Corporation

  • Contact Person: Carole Leon
  • Contact Phone: 520-207-9734
  • Contact Email: carole.leon@vector-launch.com
  • Business Structure:
  • Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
  • Business Type:
  • For Profit Organization
  • Industries Served: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing, Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
  • Product Areas: R&D- SPACE: AERONAUTICS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY (BASIC RESEARCH), R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES, R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-A RES/EXPL DE, R&D- SPACE: AERONAUTICS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-ADV DEV, R&D- SPACE: AERONAUTICS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY (ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT), R&D- SPACE: AERONAUTICS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT), R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-OPSY DEV

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $46,704 - Wednesday the 26th of September 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
    HIGH ALTITUDE LAUNCH SERVICE MODIFICATION 1: HIGH ALTITUDE LAUNCH SERVICE - THE PURPOSE OF MODIFICATION 2 IS TO EXERCISE OPTION 1 FOR ADDITIONAL FLIGHT #1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,703.69. OPTION 1 EXTENDS THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, TO MARCH 30, 2013. AS A RESULT OF THIS MODIFICATION, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASE ORDER IS INCREASED BY $46,703.69, FROM $108,636.51 TO $155,340.20. CURRENT TOTAL AMOUNT: $108,636.51 AMOUNT THIS MODIFICATION: $ 46,703.69 NEW TOTAL AMOUNT: $155,340.20
  • $147,961 - Monday the 10th of February 2014
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: STUDENT LAUNCH SYSTEM INITIATIVE
  • $124,647 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    THE TECHNICAL INNOVATION PROPOSED HERE IS THE APPLICATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE HYDROCARBON FUEL DENSIFIED PROPYLENE, IN COMBINATION WITH LIQUID OXYGEN (LOX) THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF A PROPOSED NANO / MICRO LAUNCH VEHICLE (NMLV) ENOUGH SUCH THAT A SIMPLE TWO-STAGE, PRESSURE-FED CONFIGURATION WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORBITAL MISSIONS. BESIDES ELIMINATING THE THIRD STAGE, THE ABSENCE OF TURBOPUMPS REDUCES HARDWARE COSTS, IMPROVES OVERALL SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND SIMPLIFIES ENGINE START-UP. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES SECTION 1.2.5 OF THE TECHNOLOGY AREA 1 ROADMAP AS IT RAISES THE TRL OF BOTH A NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVE HYDROCARBON FUEL (PROPYLENE) AND ALSO PROPELLANT DENSIFICATION (SUBCOOLING PROPYLENE) TO INCREASE VEHICLE MASS FRACTION PERFORMANCE. PROGRAMMATIC INNOVATION MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO BRING THIS PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY TO A TRL OF 6 BY THE END OF PHASE II IN THE FORM OF A 5K LBF-LOX/PROPYLENE FIRST STAGE ENGINE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY LEVERAGING AN ONGOING NMLV DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A FLIGHT-PROVEN LOX/ETHANOL 4.5K LBF-THRUST ENGINE THAT FEATURES A LONG-DURATION SILICA-PHENOLIC ABLATIVE CHAMBER.

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