This five-year, $499,800 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) supports research related to the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) satellite instrument. As the Principal Investigator (PI) and Deputy PI for TEMPO, SAO will continue to collaborate with NASA on this project. The grant will fund activities such as instrument development, data processing, and scientific analysis to enhance the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $2,314,760.00 definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, for the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission. This contract, which runs through March 25, 2026, requires SAO to conduct research, develop algorithms, and provide near real-time products to support NASA's TEMPO instrument, which is part of the HINNOD...
This federal contract award to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, is for Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) engineering development unit risk reduction testing of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument control electronics and focal plane subsystem. The $196,011.81 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by NASA's Langley Research Center to identify any potential issues with the...
This federal contract award supports the TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution) mission project, which is a NASA Earth science initiative. The prime contractor, BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, is providing systems engineering support necessary to deliver various technical deliverables, including interface requirements, design documents, and modeling. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,195,283.00 and was awarded as a...
This federal contract award to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is for the GEOTASO instrument, which serves as a test bed for upcoming NASA and Korean geostationary air quality monitoring missions like TEMPO and GEMS. The $79,918.10 grant award from NASA is for GEOTASO's participation in air quality field campaigns, where it will act as a satellite analog for validation of these future missions. The contract has no set-aside designation....
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Operating Corporation, received a $124,386 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of the Tyvak Extended Mission Platform (TEMPO), a low-cost, high-performing avionics system for small launch vehicles and maneuvering upper stage carrier vehicles. TEMPO provides autonomous...
This is a $81,502 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Carr Astronautics Corp for support of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission source selection. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs through December 31, 2021. Carr Astronautics Corp is a space and scientific mission support company that has provided research and development services to NASA under both...
This federal contract award with ID NNX16AT12G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The $199,752.64 grant is for the application of retrieval algorithms to determine trace gas column amounts of O3, HCHO, and SO2 from GEOTASO spectra, as well as tropospheric ozone profile retrieval. This work will support the GEOTASO instrument and preparations for the future TEMPO...
This federal contract award to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, is for technical support services related to the TEMPO instrument project through launch. The $229,407.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the Langley Research Center (LARC), a NASA field center, will provide instrument simulator remote and onsite support, as well as operations readiness planning. This task order is placed under LARC's $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $174,247.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Virginia Living Museum Community Education Fund, a non-profit organization, to expand their collaboration with NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) project under the "Earth Right Now" communication theme. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for educational experiences that promote conservation and...