SAN ANTONIO, Texas (SwRI PR) — NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute’s 100 kg-class small satellite (SmallSat) platform to be listed in the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) IV catalog used by the U.S. government to rapidly contract for flight-proven spacecraft. The Southwest Space Platform-100 (SwSP-100) is now available through the $6 billion, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract.

Three launches are scheduled for the week ahead, including a pair in the United States and one in India. Falcon 9 Formosat 5 remote sensing satellite Date: Thursday, Aug. 24 Time: 2:50-3:34 p.m. EDT; 11:50 a.m.-12:34 p.m. PDT (1850-1934 GMT) Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Minotaur IV ORS 5 Date: Friday, Aug. 25 Time: 11:14 p.m.-3:15 a.m. EDT (0314-0715 GMT on Aug. 26) Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force […]