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Space Systems/loral Llc

  • Space Systems/loral Llc

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  • Palo Alto, CA 943034604
  • Phone: 650-852-4791
  • Corporate URL: www.sslmda.com
  • Estimated Number of Employees: 2,400
  • Estimated Annual Receipts: $797,000,000
  • Business Start Date: 1957
  • Contact Person: Eric Bell
  • Contact Phone: 571-308-1758
  • Contact Email: eric.bell@sslmda.com
  • Business Structure:
  • Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
  • Business Type:
  • Foreign Owned and Located
  • For Profit Organization
  • Industries Served: Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Satellite Telecommunications, Engineering Services
  • Product Areas: R&D- GENERAL SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: OTHER (COMMERCIALIZED), R&D-OTHER INCOME MAIN-COMERCLIZ

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $489,545 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA HEADQUARTERS
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE HOSTING OF DARPA AND OTHER US GOVERNMENT SMALL SATELLITES (SMALLSATS) AS RIDESHARES ON LARGE GEO COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES. DARPA'S PHOENIX PROGRAM AIMS TO CHANGE HOW SATELLITES ARE BUILT, SHIFTING TO ON-ORBIT ASSEMBLY TO UPGRADE SATELLITES TO INCORPORATE NEW ELECTRONICS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES. THIS APPROACH INCREASES THE EFFECTIVE US GOVERNMENT RETURN ON INVESTMENT BY RE-USING HIGHEST VALUE COMPONENTS ON ORBIT, AND ALLOWS NON-TRADITIONAL SPACE SUPPLIERS TO ENTER GEO USING HIGH VOLUME LOW COST MANUFACTURING THROUGH DISPENSED COTS HOSTED PAYLOAD DELIVERY. BY ENABLING "ASSEMBLY IN SPACE," DARPA AND NASA CAN MORE COST-EFFECTIVELY BUILD VERY LARGE APERTURES FOR BOTH RF AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS.
  • $24,982 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • $229,729 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • $22,911 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • $20,303 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • $1,779,774 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS THIS EFFORT DEFINES SCHEDULE, TASKS, AND DELIVERABLES FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE LASER COMMUNICATIONS RELAY DEMONSTRATION (LCRD) PACKAGE AS A HOSTED EXPERIMENT ON A SPACE SYSTEMS LORAL (SS/L) SPACECRAFT IN A GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT. THE LCRD FLIGHT HARDWARE IS A COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIMENT/INSTRUMENT THAT WILL FLY ON A COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE. THIS WILL ALLOW LCRD TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF OPTICAL LINKS FROM A GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WITH TWO GROUND STATIONS; THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL THAT LCRD WILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH A LEO SPACECRAFT, THOUGH NO SUCH LEO OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. THE MISSION GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE HIGH-BANDWIDTH LASER COMMUNICATIONS OVER LONG TIME PERIODS UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS. THE BASE PERIOD STUDY WILL BE BE PERFORMED BY SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL (SS/L) STARTING WITH THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT AND ENDING 30 DAYS AFTER MISSION PDR (SEE SCHEDULE, FIGURE 1.0.) THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS BASE PERIOD STUDY IS TO DEFINE THE ARCHITECTURE, INTERFACES, INITIAL DESIGN, SPACECRAFT HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES, DEVELOPMENT PLAN, RISK MITIGATION PLANS, AS WELL AS COST AND SCHEDULE. THIS BASE PERIOD STUDY WILL ALSO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES FOR ACCOMMODATING THE LCRD PACKAGE ON A HOST SPACECRAFT TO BE BUILT BY SS/L FOR A TARGETED LAUNCH IN 2016. THIS SOW DESCRIBES THE SCOPE, TASK REQUIREMENTS, DELIVERABLES, AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS EFFORT. THE BASE PERIOD STUDY CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE A PRICED OPTION TO COMPLETE OPTION 1 THAT WILL END 30 DAYS AFTER MISSION CDR.
  • $14,867 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • $10,125,000 - Saturday the 29th of September 2012
    Department Of Air Force
    FA8808 HQ SMC MC PKJ
    PROTECTED TACTICAL MILSATCOM
  • $10,000 - Thursday the 8th of November 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    AMES RESEARCH CENTER
    LUNAR ATMOSPHERE DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM

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