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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| DEVELOP GEOSPACE DYNAMICS CONSTELLATION (GDC) TRAILBLAZER MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD) TITLED T0433 GDC TRAILBLAZER | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $126,990 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 481212Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | V126TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M OF THE IDIQ | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $15,000 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | 1555SPACE VEHICLES | Jun 11, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| PATHFINDER TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR MISSION OPERATIONS FOLLOW-ON | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $1,589,207 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jan 31, 2025 | Feb 1, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | ||
| MINIMUM GUARANTEED | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $25,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 481212Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | V126TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH | May 15, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | Jan 31, 2026 | ||
| SMALL SATELLITE ADVANCED BUS WITH TYVAK EXTENDED MISSION PLA | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $1,612,000 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 30, 2021 | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| SPACECRAFT IMAGE FILE, SPACECRAFT SUMMARY DATA SHEET AND CORE SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS&SUBSYSTEM DETAILS FOR SETUP OF RAPID IV CONTRACT CATALOG. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $500 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | 1555SPACE VEHICLES | Sep 30, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | ||
| SMALLSAT INTEGRATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM SECTION 889 | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $1,498,810 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Sep 24, 2020 | Sep 24, 2020 | Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $1,499,163 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 10, 2020 | Jun 10, 2020 | Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| LUNAR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - NASA-PROVIDED LUNAR PAYLOAD (NPLP) DELIVERY | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $25,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 481212Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | AR37 | Nov 18, 2019 | Nov 18, 2019 | May 1, 2020 | ||
| DISTRIBUTED MULTI-GNSS TIMING AND LOCALIZATION (DIGITAL) 2.0 FOR NANOSATELLITES | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $124,786 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 8, 2019 | Aug 19, 2019 | Sep 18, 2021 | ||
| HE RAPID CUBESAT DEVELOPMENT STUDY DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR CORE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS STRATEGY. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2011, WE HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY AND DOGGEDLY IDENTIFIED CRITICAL CONSTRAINTS THAT IMPACT OUR SPEED, RESPONSIVENESS AND AGILITY. THIS EXPERIENCE AND DRIVE TO SHORTEN THE TIMELINES FOR CUBESAT--FROM AN INITIAL IDEA FOR A MISSION TO ACTUAL DELIVERY TO A LAUNCH VEHICLE--MAKE US AN IDEAL PARTNER TO STUDY THE DESIGNS, PROCESSES AND RISK PROFILES OF CUBESATS DELIVERED AT EVER INCREASING SPEED. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $73,880 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 13, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | ||
| THE TYVAK EXTENDED MISSION PLATFORM (TEMPO) LEVERAGES ONGOING COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND EXISTING TYVAK HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO PRODUCE A LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMING AVIONICS SYSTEM FOR SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLES AND MANEUVERING UPPER STAGE CARRIER VEHICLES. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AND CONTROL AND STAGE/DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCING. IT ALSO USES CUSTOMIZABLE SUBSYSTEM PACKAGES TO ENABLE CARRIER VEHICLES TO PROVIDE SERVICES CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO SMALL SATELLITES, SUCH AS DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE SATELLITES TO MULTIPLE ORBITAL PLANES, LONG-DURATION CARRIER VEHICLE OPERATIONS, DELAYED DEPLOYMENT OF SPARE SATELLITES UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED TO REPLENISH A CONSTELLATION, HUB-AND-SPOKE RENDEZVOUS AND PROXIMITY, AND COMMUNICATION RELAY. CONSOLIDATING THESE CAPABILITIES INTO THE CARRIER VEHICLE ALLOWS FOR SIMPLER SATELLITE DESIGNS WITH MORE OF THE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND POWER DEVOTED TO THE PAYLOAD. FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES REQUIRING AN AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT SAFETY SYSTEM, TYVAK WILL ASSESS SIMULTANEOUS PROCESSING OF SAFETY-CRITICAL AND NON-SAFETY CRITICAL ALGORITHMS USING A REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM RUNNING ON A SINGLE DUAL-CORE OR MULTI-CHIP PROCESSOR. THIS COULD REDUCE SIZE AND WEIGHT, OR INCREASE REDUNDANCY WITHOUT WEIGHT PENALTY. TYVAK WILL ALSO EVALUATE A FLEXIBLE MODULAR DESIGN CONFIGURABLE FOR SINGLE-STRING OR REDUNDANT ARCHITECTURES. COMPARED WITH EXISTING LAUNCH AND CARRIER VEHICLE AVIONICS, TEMPO DRASTICALLY REDUCES COST, SIZE, WEIGHT, AND POWER BY LEVERAGING TYVAK S SMALL SATELLITE AND LAUNCH VEHICLE AVIONICS TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS THE ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT GPS METRIC TRACKING UNIT TYVAK IS DEVELOPING UNDER A NASA TIPPING POINT CONTRACT. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SCHEDULED TO UNDERGO THREE SOUNDING ROCKET CERTIFICATION FLIGHTS WITHIN THE YEAR. TEMPO EFFORT WILL CULMINATE IN A SYSTEM-LEVEL PDR THAT WILL DEFINE THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PDR WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR A FOLLOW-ON EFFORT TO TAKE THE SYSTEM TO TRL 5-6, AND EVENTUAL FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $124,386 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jul 20, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | ||
| SMALL SPACECRAFT BUS FOR WEATHER MISSIONS | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $2,997,761 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC22NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 28, 2018 | Jun 28, 2018 | Jun 30, 2022 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF MICRO-AVIONICS MULTI-PURPOSE PLATFORM (MICROAMPP) | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $1,978,216 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AD92 | Jun 9, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | Dec 31, 2019 | ||
| PATHFINDER TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR (PTD)- SPACEFLIGHT QUALIFIED 6U CUBESAT SPACECRAFT TO BE OPERATED BY NASA FOR ITS PATHFINDER TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR (PTD) PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE STATEMENT OF WORK. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $25,288,313 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | 1555SPACE VEHICLES | Jan 9, 2017 | Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 31, 2025 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF LEVERAGING TYVAK PERSONNELS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN END-TO-END TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CYCLES, WE PROPOSE TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND QUALIFY AN EPS SYSTEM TARGETING 50 TO 100W ORBIT AVERAGE POWER. FITTING WITHIN A 6U OR SMALLER ENVELOPE, THIS FAULT-TOLERANT ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM WILL INTEGRATE MISSION-CONFIGURABLE DEPLOYABLE SOLAR ARRAYS; ULTRA-EFFICIENT, LOW-NOISE PEAK POWER ENERGY TRANSFER CIRCUITRY; HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH CYCLE AND HIGH POWER CAPABLE ENERGY STORAGE; AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY POWER REGULATION&DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITRY. THE PHASE-I OPTION OF THIS EFFORT WILL INVOLVE THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THESE SYSTEMS ADHERING TO A DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY OF MODULARITY, SCALABILITY AND TESTABILITY. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $124,054 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF TYVAK, IN COLLABORATION WITH UCLA, PROPOSES A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A LARGE REFLECTOR FOR KA-BAND HIGH DATA RATE LINKS. WE PROPOSE TO ATTACH THE PRIMARY REFLECTOR SURFACE PERMANENTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A 6U SPACECRAFT AND ILLUMINATE THE REFLECTOR USING A CASSEGRAIN STYLE SUBREFLECTOR WITH AN ILLUMINATING ANTENNA THAT IS PERMANENTLY MOUNTED TO THE TRANSMITTER / RECEIVER INSIDE THE SATELLITE. WHILE OTHER APPROACHES FOCUS ON DEPLOYING THE REFLECTOR SURFACE ITSELF, INCLUDING TYVAK'S OWN DEPLOYABLE DISH PROJECT, THIS PROPOSED INNOVATION USES MINIMAL MOVING PARTS TO ACHIEVE A HIGH GAIN DESIGN. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $123,466 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Jun 9, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PROPOSAL, TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS LLC (TYVAK) WILL IMPROVE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN LOW-JITTER CUBESAT PLATFORMS TO ONE ARC-SECOND POINTING STABILITY. THIS PLATFORM WILL ADDRESS THE INCREASING ATTITUDE CONTROL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF CUBESATS TO ENABLE COMMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS PREVIOUSLY RESTRICTED TO LARGER AND MORE EXPENSIVE SATELLITE PLATFORMS. REDUCING JITTER IN ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS (ADCS) CUBESAT PLATFORMS HAS TYPICALLY BEEN AN AFTER-THOUGHT. MINIATURIZING LARGE SATELLITE ADCS TO CUBESAT SIZE HAS RESULTED IN RELATIVELY POOR ATTITUDE STABILITY DUE TO INEXPENSIVE REACTION WHEELS AND HIGH NOISE IMU?S. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CUBESAT INDUSTRY HAS SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN CUSTOMERS WITH MINIATURIZED PAYLOADS SEEKING HIGH CAPABILITY PLATFORMS. ARCSECOND ATTITUDE STABILITY IS AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR MANY OPTICAL MISSIONS, INCLUDING OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, SPACE BASED OPTICAL INSPECTION, AND EXOPLANET IMAGING. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $124,873 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | ||
| CONTROL MODULE,CUBESAT | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $0 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 336419Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | 5895MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT | Dec 10, 2015 | Dec 10, 2015 | Jun 21, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF TYVAK SBIR PHASE II U439340 | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $998,148 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AJ46 | Sep 18, 2015 | Jun 26, 2015 | Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF FOR THIS AWARD, TYVAK PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A COMPLETE SUITE OF AVIONICS FOR A NANO-LAUNCH VEHICLE (NLV) BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE DETERMINATIONS PERFORMED DURING PHASE I. THIS SYSTEM WILL ADDRESS THE UNIQUE AVIONICS CHALLENGES OF A DEDICATED SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLE AND WILL UTILIZE HERITAGE AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM TYVAK'S CUBESAT AVIONICS SYSTEMS, MODIFYING AND OPTIMIZING ITS EXISTING PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH THIS NEW CLASS OF LAUNCH VEHICLES. THE MAJOR TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES ARE: - PROVIDE BROAD COMPATIBILITY WITH ALL KNOWN NLV SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPMENT - DETERMINE AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY METRICS WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOW-COST/LOW-MASS APPROACH MADE POSSIBLE BY COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - IMPLEMENT THE LATEST NETWORK PROTOCOLS WITH SUPPORT FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS IN THE NLV ENVIRONMENT - DEVELOP A GPS METRIC TRACKING SYSTEM AND PERFORM REQUIREMENT VERIFICATION TO MEET RANGE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS - DEMONSTRATE THE RELIABILITY OF LOW-COST/LOW-MASS/LOW-POWER/REDUNDANT AUTOMATIC FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM (AFTS) BY COMBINING THE LATEST GENERATION OF COMMERCIAL MINIATURE GPS SYSTEMS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS CURRENTLY USED BY TYVAK - VALIDATE FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE ENTIRE NLV AVIONICS SUITE THROUGH A SERIES OF INCREMENTAL TESTS, FROM VIBRATION AND THERMAL VACUUM, THROUGH A STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON FLIGHT, AN INERT TEST ARTICLE FLIGHT, TO FINAL DEMONSTRATION ON A NLV PROXY. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $455,070 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 29, 2014 | Apr 29, 2014 | Apr 28, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF - SBIR PHASE I TO TYVAK FOR DATA EXFILTRATION OF UNATTENDED GROUND SENSOR DATA USING A 3U CUBESAT - U436440 | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $149,451 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AZ12 | Mar 26, 2014 | Mar 27, 2014 | Jun 27, 2015 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PROPOSAL, TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS LLC (TYVAK) WILL DEVELOP NANO-LAUNCH VEHICLE AVIONICS SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE LATEST COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS AND PROTOCOLS. THESE SYSTEMS WILL ADDRESS THE UNIQUE AVIONIC CHALLENGES OF DEDICATED NANOSATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLES (NLV). TYVAK WILL UTILIZED HERITAGE AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM ITS CUBESAT AVIONIC SYSTEMS TO MODIFY AND OPTIMIZE ITS CURRENT PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH THIS NEW CLASS OF LAUNCH VEHICLES. THE MAJOR TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES WILL BE: - PROVIDE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE ALL NLV SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPMENT - DETERMINE AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY METRICS WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOW-COST/LOW-MASS MADE POSSIBLE BY COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS - DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE LATEST NETWORK PROTOCOLS (IN PARTICULAR WIRELESS SYSTEMS) IN THE NLV ENVIRONMENT - DEMONSTRATE THE RELIABILITY OF LOW-COST/LOW-MASS/LOW-POWER GPS BASED AUTOMATIC FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM (AFTS) BY COMBINING THE LATEST GENERATION OF COMMERCIAL MINIATURE GPS SYSTEMS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON MOBILE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $198,835 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 21, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | Nov 23, 2013 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: PROPOSAL WAS SELECTED FOR ITS RESPONSE TO NASA BAA NNA12ZD0001K FOR EDISON SMALL SATELLITE FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION MISSIONS. THE PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED PROXIMITY OPERATIONS NANO-SATELLITE FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS. THE TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS LLC MISSION CAPABILITY DEMONSTRATION (MCD) VALIDATES THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE BAA AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT PROXIMITY OPERATIONS AND RELATED MISSIONS WITH A NANO-SATELLITE. THE PROPOSED FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION LEVERAGES PREVIOUS DESIGN, TESTING, AND ON-ORBIT EXPERIENCE BY THE TYVAK-LED TEAM WITH A MISSION CONCEPT THAT VALIDATES PROXIMITY OPERATIONS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS BY UTILIZING A COMBINATION OF MATURE SPACECRAFT BUS COMPONENTS AND NOVEL, MINIATURE PROXIMITY OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGIES. SPECIFICALLY, TWO THREE-UNIT CUBESATS WILL DEMONSTRATE RENDEZVOUS AND MECHANICAL DOCKING OF SMALL SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT. ONCE THE DEMONSTRATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A HIGH TRL SUITE OF MINIATURE RENDEZVOUS AND PROXIMITY OPERATIONS (RPO) SENSORS AND SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS A NANO-SATELLITE WILL HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED. THE RESULTING SYSTEMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INFUSION INTO FUTURE SCIENCE, EXPLORATION, AND COMMERCIAL MISSIONS. | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $15,865,881 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR14SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Sep 28, 2012 | Oct 1, 2012 | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| CUBESAT DEPLOYER SYSTEM DESIGN | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $209,313 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | 1820 | Sep 28, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 | Sep 2, 2014 |