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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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| SMAD/SME COURSE TO DEVELOP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM CONCEPTS FOR ARMY SPACE PROGRAMS. | MICROCOSM, INC | $66,000 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | AC13NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Mar 10, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| SPACE MISSION ENGINEERING COURSE | MICROCOSM, INC | $62,400 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U009EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL | Apr 18, 2019 | Apr 18, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | ||
| SPACE MISSION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (SMAD) TRAINING COURSE | MICROCOSM, INC | $42,000 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | AC27 | Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE II BASE LABOR | MICROCOSM, INC | $1,049,171 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 31, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF INTERNAL TRAINING PURCHASES COURSE TITLE: SPACE MISSION ENGINEERING - THE NEW SMAD | MICROCOSM, INC | $24,999 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 611430Professional and Management Development Training | U099EDUCATION/TRAINING- OTHER | Mar 1, 2017 | May 15, 2017 | May 19, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SPRITE RISK REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT | MICROCOSM, INC | $4,299,912 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AZ15 | Feb 21, 2017 | Feb 21, 2017 | Feb 28, 2020 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THEATER RESPONSIVE OPERATIONAL NANOSPACE | MICROCOSM, INC | $999,966 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AZ15 | Mar 9, 2016 | Mar 9, 2016 | Nov 8, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF FOR OTHER FUNCTIONS (OT): USE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE ARMY SBIR PHASE I - BASE CONTRACT AWARD. | MICROCOSM, INC | $149,769 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Feb 10, 2016 | Feb 10, 2016 | Dec 31, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF MICROCOSM, INC. IN COOPERATION WITH AEROJET ROCKETDYNE IS PRESENTING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE MARS ASCENT VEHICLE (MAV). THE SINGLE-STAGE MONOPROPELLANT SYSTEM OFFERS THE SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGE OF SIMPLICITY, WHILE PROVIDING OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY. THE PROJECTED RESULT OFFERS LOW COST AT HIGH RELIABILITY. OUR PROPOSED CONCEPT EMPLOYS A GELLED HYDRAZINE MONOPROPELLANT WHICH PROVIDES LOW TEMPERATURE CAPABILITY (-54 ?C/ 65 ?F DEMONSTRATED), THUS REDUCING THE THERMAL CONDITIONING DEMAND ON THE ENTRY DESCENT LANDER (EDL). PRECISION POINTING AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH IS NOT REQUIRED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY LOW, UNDER 10G'S, INITIAL ACCELERATION AND HIGH CONTROL GAIN PROVIDED BY THE ARTICULATED PLUG NOZZLE, ENABLING THE USE OF A SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM EDL LAUNCH PLATFORM. THIS PROPOSAL COMBINES THE STRENGTH OF A PREVIOUS PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO NASA'S PLANETARY SCIENCES DIVISION, IN MAY OF 2010, WITH THE PARTICULAR EXPERTISE OF MICROCOSM INC. IN SPACE MISSION DESIGN AS WELL AS ITS ADVANCED ALL-COMPOSITE PRESSURIZED STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY FOR SIGNIFICANT VEHICLE PERFORMANCE/WEIGHT REDUCTION ENHANCEMENTS. THE MAV CONCEPT AND ITS CONOPS ARE BUILT ON EXPERIENCE BY AEROJET, RAYTHEON AND AVALIANT AND EMPLOY A SINGLE STAGE MONO PROPELLANT DESIGN. THE PROPOSAL TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE VAST EXPERIENCE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM PROGRAMS SUCH AS VIKING, SIDEWINDER, AND AMRAAM, MISSILE GUIDANCE ALGORITHM DESIGN, COMMUNICATIONS AND HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. THIS SINGLE-STAGE, LIQUID MONOPROPELLANT MAV CONCEPT LEVERAGES RECENT COMPONENT ADVANCEMENTS RESULTING FROM OVER $500 MILLION IN INVESTMENT BY THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY INMINIATURE INTERCEPTOR COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY. | MICROCOSM, INC | $124,975 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 5, 2015 | Jun 17, 2015 | Dec 17, 2015 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THEATER RESPONSIVE OPERATIONAL NANOSAT (TRON) JOINT CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (JCTD) | MICROCOSM, INC | $608,990 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AZ15 | Sep 30, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Jan 31, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF FLEXIBLE, EXPANDABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXT GENERATION GPS | MICROCOSM, INC | $149,924 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC22NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 27, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | Mar 30, 2015 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE I - ADDITIVE PRODUCED LOW-COST LIQUID ENGINE INJECTOR | MICROCOSM, INC | $149,587 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 16, 2014 | Jun 16, 2014 | Mar 16, 2015 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF | MICROCOSM, INC | $149,980 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 13, 2013 | Sep 13, 2013 | Mar 31, 2014 | ||
| BASED ON MICROCOSM'S DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH DELTA-V SMALL EARTH OBSERVATION SPACECRAFT CALLED NANOEYE, WITH A PLANNED RECURRING COST OF $2 MILLION, MICROCOSM WILL DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF VERY LOW COST, LIGHT WEIGHT, EXTREMELY CAPABLE SPACECRAFT FOR NASA SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION MISSIONS, FROM EARTH ORBIT TO DEEP SPACE. THIS NEW SPACECRAFT, CALLED HUMMINGBIRD, IS BASED ON AN ALL-COMPOSITE, UNIBODY STRUCTURE IN WHICH THE PROPELLANT TANK IS THE STRUCTURE. THE FIRST PAYLOAD WOULD BE THE 2.9 KG, 9.25-INCH APERTURE DIFFRACTION-LIMITED TELESCOPE BUILT BY ITT. SPACE-QUALIFIED 1-LBF THRUSTERS FROM AEROJET WEIGHING 8.7 GM EACH PROVIDE BOTH ORBIT CONTROL AND VERY RAPID ATTITUDE MANEUVERS. THE CURRENT NANOEYE SPACECRAFT HAS OVER 2.5 KM/SEC OF DELTA-V, ALTHOUGH DELTA-V CAN BE INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. THE WET MASS OF THE SPACECRAFT IS ABOUT 80 KG IN ITS PRESENT CONFIGURATION. THE SPACECRAFT USES CUBESAT COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE EVOLVING RAPIDLY TO BECOME MORE ROBUST AND CAPABLE. MULTIPLE HUMMINGBIRDS CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A SYSTEM AND ALSO PROVIDE ROBUSTNESS AGAINST SYSTEM FAILURES. UPDATES WITH NEW EQUIPMENT CAN BE INTRODUCED 3 TO 10 TIMES QUICKER THAN WITH TRADITIONAL SPACE SYSTEMS, ALLOWING RESPONSIVE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION AT A COST AND TIME SCALE NOT POSSIBLE WITH TRADITIONAL SPACE MISSIONS. | MICROCOSM, INC | $124,945 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 13, 2012 | Feb 13, 2012 | Aug 13, 2012 | ||
| BASE YEAR, ARMY SBIR PHASE III | MICROCOSM, INC | $781,338 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Jan 19, 2012 | Jan 19, 2012 | Oct 18, 2012 | ||
| PERFORMANCE OF WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH | MICROCOSM, INC | $1,459,869 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541330Engineering Services | AZ11 | Aug 4, 2011 | Aug 2, 2011 | Aug 1, 2012 | ||
| IN PHASE II, XNAV PERFORMANCE WILL BE ENHANCED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE PHOTON PROCESSING ALGORITHMS, WHICH UTILIZE ALL AVAILABLE PHOTON TIME DATA TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF XNAV. A DETAILED MODEL OF THE XNAV SYSTEM, INCLUDING SINGLE PHOTON TECHNIQUES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORBIT DETERMINATION TOOLBOX (ODTBX), INCREASING ITS FUNCTIONALITY AND PROVIDING A VALUABLE MISSION DESIGN TOOL. ODTBX WILL BE FURTHER REFINED BY ENHANCEMENTS TO DETECTOR AND SOURCE MODELS, INCLUDING ADDITION OF NEW PULSARS AS THEIR PROPERTIES ARE BETTER DETERMINED (INCLUDING LOW FLUX SOURCES). TIME TRANSFER AND BARYCENTER CORRECTION EFFECTS WILL BE ADDED. XNAV MEASUREMENT TYPES WILL INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ABSOLUTE RANGE MEASUREMENT TYPES AND RANGE RATE MEASUREMENTS. FUNCTIONS DEVELOPED FOR ODTBX WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR XNAV AND XTIM STUDIES INCLUDING: ENHANCED DYNAMIC FUNCTIONS AND LINEARIZED PROCESS MODELS FOR INCLUSION OF CLOCK AND OTHER BIAS STATES; AND PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR THE SINGLE PHOTON PROCESSING APPROACHES. THE TEAM WILL WORK WITH NRL, JHU/APL, AND NASA GSFC, FOCUSING ON SOURCES AND DETECTORS TO DEVELOP IMPROVED MODELS, AND ASSESSING TIMING ACCURACY. THIS WORK WILL FURTHER VALIDATE THE UTILITY OF XNAV FOR NASA, AND DEVELOP AND TEST RELEVANT NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE A RAPID PATH TO FULL FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OPPORTUNITY ARISE. | MICROCOSM, INC | $746,380 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 1, 2011 | Jun 1, 2011 | Mar 31, 2014 | ||
| THE MICROCOSM TEAM WILL COMPLETE THE SIMULATION TOOL ARCHITECTURE EARLY IN PHASE II, AND IN PARALLEL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE SIMULATION. THE TOOL IS ARCHITECTED FOR CARRYING OUT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND RAPID TRADE STUDY ASSESSMENTS OF COMPETING NAVIGATION/TIMING ARCHITECTURE OPTIONS FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS, INCORPORATING STATE-OF-THE ART RADIOMETRIC, X-RAY PULSAR, AND LASER COMMUNICATIONS MEASUREMENTS, AMONG OTHERS, IN THE ORBIT DETERMINATION TOOLBOX (ODTBX) ENVIRONMENT. THE SOLUTION CENTERS ON INCLUSION OF A NAVIGATION LAYER AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE AND ON THE MAINTENANCE AND PROPAGATION OF NAVIGATION STATES, TIME AND ASSOCIATED UNCERTAINTIES ONBOARD EACH PLATFORM WITH FILTERING CAPABILITIES ENABLING UPDATES BASED ON ANY AVAILABLE MEASUREMENTS. SUCH MEASUREMENTS INCLUDE: DIRECT STATE AND UNCERTAINTY UPDATES VIA GROUND COMMUNICATION, RADIOMETRIC- AND LASERCOM-BASED RANGE AND RANGE RATE DATA FROM COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND STATIONS AND OTHER SPACECRAFT, TIME TRANSFER FROM GROUND STATIONS AND OTHER SPACECRAFT, X-RAY PULSAR-BASED NAVIGATION AND TIME MEASUREMENTS (XNAV), AND OTHERS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. THIS WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING FOR SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY ENABLING PLATFORMS TO OPERATE USING ONBOARD STATE INFORMATION RATHER THAN RELYING ALMOST ENTIRELY ON GROUND BASED TRACKING AND ACTIVITY SCHEDULING. ADDITIONALLY, ARCHITECTURES THAT INCLUDE LONG-RANGE INTERSATELLITE COMMUNICATION (E.G. RELAY SPACECRAFT) CAN PROVIDE FAVORABLE GEOMETRIES FOR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED 3D PRECISION NAVIGATION SOLAR-SYSTEM-WIDE. | MICROCOSM, INC | $597,239 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 1, 2011 | Jun 1, 2011 | Mar 31, 2013 | ||
| MICROCOSM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCOPRIUS SPACE LAUNCH COMPANY (SSLC), WILL DEVELOP A UNIBODY COMPOSITE PRESSURIZED STRUCTURE (UCPS) FOR IN-SPACE PROPULSION THAT CONSTITUTES A CLEAN BREAK FROM TRADITIONAL SPACECRAFT DESIGN BY COMBINING WHAT WERE TRADITIONALLY SEPARATE SPACECRAFT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METAL PROPELLANT TANKS INTO A SINGLE UNIBODY, ALL-COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS STRONGER, MUCH LIGHTER WEIGHT, MORE ROBUST AND RELIABLE, AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING MUCH HIGHER PRESSURES AND SMALLER VOLUME THAN PREVIOUS APPROACHES. THE SINGLE, ALL-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE LINERLESS, HIGH-PRESSURE PROPELLANT TANK(S), COMPOSITE BOSSES, FLANGES, LONGITUDINAL AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRINGERS WITH INTEGRAL SHELVES, HOLDING MECHANISMS, AND ATTACH FEATURES TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT AND REPLACE THE SEPARATE, MISSION-CRITICAL PRIMARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE, TANKS, STRUTS, STRAPS, BRACES, CLAMPS, AND BRACKETS TRADITIONALLY REQUIRED TO HOLD SUBSYSTEM PARTS IN PLACE. THE NEW STRUCTURE HAS NEARLY 0 CTE OVER A TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM CRYOGENIC TO OVER 100 C. PHASE I WILL DETERMINE REQUIREMENTS, CREATE A PRELIMINARY UCPS DESIGN RELEVANT TO A POTENTIAL SMD MISSION, AND TEST MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY WITH VARIOUS IN-SPACE PROPELLANTS. PHASE II WILL BUILD TWO UCPS STRUCTURES EMPLOYING TEST MASSES FOR SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS, AND COMPLETE QUALIFICATION AND BURST TESTING ON ONE OF THEM (INCLUDING 0-G TESTING). | MICROCOSM, INC | $599,969 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 1, 2011 | Jun 1, 2011 | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| DARPA F6 CLUSTER FLIGHT ARCHITECTURE | MICROCOSM, INC | $4,408,051 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR12SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | May 11, 2011 | May 11, 2011 | Nov 10, 2013 | ||
| THE MICROCOSM X-RAY PULSAR-BASED NAVIGATION AND TIMING (XNAV) TEAM WILL PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE AND MODELING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NASA TO SUPPORT XNAV OPERATIONS, FOCUSING ON DETAILED X-RAY SOURCE MODELING. THESE MODELS CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF USING MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTON ENERGY AND/OR APERIODIC SOURCES TO IMPROVE XNAV PERFORMANCE. KEY GOALS ARE: CHARACTERIZE X-RAY SOURCES FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES; AUTOMATE PULSE SHAPE CATALOGUE TOOLS; AUTOMATE XNAV/PULSAR NOISE PREDICTION TOOLS; APERIODIC SOURCE EVALUATION; PHOTON ENERGY PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT; CREATE INTEGRATED CATALOGS OF XNAV GUIDE STARS AND XNAV-APPLICABLE APERIODIC SOURCES; IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT THE KEY PERIODIC X-RAY SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS IMPACTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE XNAV INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEM. THIS COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION CATEGORIZES AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY PARAMETERS REGARDING THESE CELESTIAL SOURCES THAT MAKE THEM BENEFICIAL FOR SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION. BASED UPON PAST RESEARCH WORK, SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT EACH UNIQUE X-RAY SOURCE MUST BE ATTAINED IN ORDER FOR THE SOURCE TO YIELD ITS OPTIMUM CAPABILITIES. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE PARAMETERS FOR CHARACTERIZING APERIODIC OR TRANSIENT SOURCES FOR THEIR USE IN NAVIGATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE EXISTING X-RAY SOURCE CATALOGUE WILL BE UPDATED AND ENHANCED. PHASE II WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING THESE SOURCE MODELS IN DETAILED XNAV SIMULATIONS AND POTENTIALLY CREATING FLIGHT SOFTWARE VERSIONS OF THESE MODELS. | MICROCOSM, INC | $99,810 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 18, 2011 | Feb 18, 2011 | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| SBIR PHASE I: LIGHT-WEIGHT LOW COST STELLAR AIDED INERTIAL UAS NAV SYS | MICROCOSM, INC | $99,890 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC51 | Jan 18, 2011 | Jan 18, 2011 | Oct 18, 2011 | ||
| A LOW COST ORBITAL DEBRIS REMOVAL SYSTEM | MICROCOSM, INC | $69,791 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jul 26, 2010 | Jul 26, 2010 | Apr 26, 2011 | ||
| DEVELOP INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES FOR SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY CALIBRATION OF THE VIIRS SENSOR | MICROCOSM, INC | $0 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY | — | 541330Engineering Services | R425SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL | Apr 20, 2010 | Apr 26, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 | ||
| AN ALL-COMPOSITE PROPELLANT TANK AND INTEGRAL STRUCTURE PROVIDES A 50% MASS REDUCTION OVER THE CURRENT METALLIC SYSTEMS. MICROCOSM CURRENTLY MARKETS COMMERCIAL PROPELLANT TANKS AND IS ACTIVELY WORKING THIS AREA. MICROCOSM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCOPRIUS SPACE LAUNCH COMPANY (SSLC), HAS AND IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING UNIBODY COMPOSITE PRESSURIZED STRUCTURES (UCPS) FOR IN-SPACE PROPULSION. THIS CONSTITUTES A CLEAN BREAK FROM TRADITIONAL SPACECRAFT DESIGN BY COMBINING WHAT WERE TRADITIONALLY SEPARATE SPACECRAFT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METAL PROPELLANT TANKS INTO A SINGLE UNIBODY, ALL-COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION. THE ALL-COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION IS STRONGER, MUCH LIGHTER WEIGHT, MORE ROBUST AND RELIABLE, AND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING MUCH HIGHER PRESSURES AND SMALLER VOLUME THAN PREVIOUS APPROACHES. THE SINGLE, ALL-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE LINERLESS, HIGH-PRESSURE PROPELLANT TANK(S), COMPOSITE BOSSES, FLANGES, LONGITUDINAL AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRINGERS WITH INTEGRAL SHELVES, HOLDING MECHANISMS, AND ATTACH FEATURES. THIS WILL SUPPORT ALL OF THE SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT AND REPLACE THE SEPARATE, MISSION-CRITICAL PRIMARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE, TANKS, STRUTS, STRAPS, BRACES, CLAMPS, AND BRACKETS TRADITIONALLY REQUIRED TO HOLD SUBSYSTEM PARTS IN PLACE. THE NEW STRUCTURE HAS NEARLY 0 COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION (CTE) OVER A TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM CRYOGENIC TO OVER 100 DEGREES CELSIUS. MICROCOSM WILL CREATE A PRELIMINARY UCPS DESIGN RELEVANT TO A POTENTIAL SMD MISSION, AND TEST MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY WITH VARIOUS IN-SPACE PROPELLANTS. THEY WILL ALSO BUILD TWO UCPS STRUCTURES EMPLOYING TEST MASSES FOR SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS, AND COMPLETE QUALIFICATION AND BURST TESTING ON ONE OF THEM (INCLUDING 0-G TESTING). | MICROCOSM, INC | $389,592 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541330Engineering Services | AJ43 | Apr 6, 2010 | Apr 6, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 |