Credit: NASA
NASA has selected nine small satellite technology projects for funding under the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Each contract is worth up to $750,000 over two years.
The proposals include:
Antara Teknik, LLC
Granite Bay, CA
Efficient and Secure Network and Application Communications for Small Spacecraft
Busek Company, Inc.
Natick, MA
Milliarcsecond Small Spacecraft Attitude Control System
CU Aerospace, LLC
Champaign, IL
Fiber-fed Advanced Pulsed Plasma Thruster (FPPT)
Froberg Aerospace, LLC
Rolla, MO
Multi-Mode Micropropulsion
Gener8, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
Integrated Waveguide Optical Gyroscope
Innoflight, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Compact Multi-Protocol Modem
Tethers Unlimited, Inc.
Bothell, WA
MakerSat
Valley Tech Systems, Inc.
Folsom, CA
Affordable Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Reaction Control System
Vector Launch Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Flight Demonstration of a Micropump-based Stage Pressurization System
Summaries of the proposals follow.