Astra Space Operations, Inc. was awarded a $3.555 million firm fixed price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center to demonstrate launch services for the Venture Class Launch Service Demonstration 2 program. The contract is associated with Astra's launch vehicle and aims to deliver a minimum payload of 30 kilograms of CubeSat satellites into low Earth orbit no later than August 31, 2022 from the company's launch site in Alameda, California. The original...
Astra Space Operations, LLC has been awarded a delivery order against the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare Launch Services (VADR) master contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center. The $300 million potential value order is for dedicated small launch services and on orbit mobility for small satellites under the VADR umbrella task order. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Performance will take place in Alameda, California...
This is a $2,000,000.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to Astra Space Operations, LLC for the development and flight-testing of a high-performance electric-pump fed launch vehicle. The contract has no set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2020. Astra Space Operations, LLC is a for-profit organization that provides dedicated small launch services and on-orbit mobility for small satellites....
This federal contract award is for the Timed-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) project, which is a selected project within the Earth System Science Pathfinder Program (ESSP) managed by the Earth Science Division (ESD) of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA. The contract, valued at $130,762.00, was awarded to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services company based in Columbia,...
Rocket Lab USA Inc., doing business as Rocket Lab Space Systems, has been awarded a firm fixed price delivery order against the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare Launch Services (VADR) master IDIQ contract. The $0.00 order is for TIME-RESOLVED OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND STORM INTENSITY WITH A CONSTELLATION OF SMALLSATS (TROPICS) LAUNCH SERVICES TASK ORDER (LSTO) in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center's TROPICS...
This federal contract award to Astra Space Operations, LLC is for rapid satellite propulsion system acceptance testing for missions of the U.S. Air Force. The $1,859,412.00 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory on March 8, 2021, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and an ultimate completion date of August 9, 2022. Astra Space Operations, LLC is a for-profit small...
This is a $84,000 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kennedy Space Center to Momentus Space LLC, a small business manufacturer of space-related technologies and services based in San Jose, California. The contract is for the TROPICS Pathfinder Mission Support & Launch Services, which was originally solicited as a small business set-aside. The contract will provide support and launch services for the TROPICS Pathfinder...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,104,249 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Astra Space Operations, LLC, a small business, to conduct research on satellite propulsion for cislunar space vehicles under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract has a completion date of February 15, 2024. Astra Space Operations, LLC is a commercial space company that provides launch services and on-orbit mobility solutions for small satellites. In...
This is a $11,450,000.00 Firm Fixed Price delivery order contract awarded to Astra Space Operations, LLC by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a Defense agency. The contract is for the STP-S29B task order under the Orbital Services Program 4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Astra will provide launch services, mission integration support, and related studies for this task order, which has a period of performance through May 31, 2026. The contract does not have a...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by NASA to Astra Space Operations, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $124,746, is for the development of a high-performance, lightweight, and low-complexity electric pump for liquid bipropellant rocket engines. This innovation aims to address a critical need in the realization of such engines for Mars ascent vehicle and sample return applications. The contract is part of NASA's...