Many future NASA missions will require the coordination of multiple spacecraft to achieve their objectives. To date, such missions have relied on a high degree of centralized planning, control, and…
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC18K1673
- Awardee
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The Leland Stanford Junior University UEI HJD6G4D6TJY5
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $195,424
Award facts
- Contract value 81% obligated
- $240,982.24 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | -$669 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $25,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $100,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $46,093 | |
| Original award | $25,000 |
About this award
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $240,982.24 grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University, also known as Stanford University, for research related to the coordination and control of multiple spacecraft for future NASA missions. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. Stanford University, a private non-profit research university, will provide research and development services to NASA, focusing on methods for navigating, controlling, and communicating with large numbers of small satellites in low-Earth orbit. This work is expected to support NASA's efforts to scale up from single spacecraft to coordinating multiple spacecraft for complex mission objectives, building on past successes like the Grace and Grail formation flying missions, as well as the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation. The grant has a period of performance ending on December 31, 2021.
Description
Many future NASA missions will require the coordination of multiple spacecraft to achieve their objectives. To date, such missions have relied on a high degree of centralized planning, control, and communication. This approach has resulted in notable successes, including formation flying missions like grace and grail and constellations like the global positioning system (GPS). However, scaling up to larger numbers of individual spacecraft poses new challenges. Low-cost small satellites have made IT possible to deploy tens or even hundreds of individual spacecraft from a single launch vehicle. Out of necessity, commercial satellite operators are already developing new methods for navigating, controlling, and communicating with small satellites in LEO that scale to hundreds of spacecraft. However, these approaches still make heavy use of ground-based infrastructure and centralized planning and control performed from the ground.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC18K1673?
80NSSC18K1673 was awarded to The Leland Stanford Junior University by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on September 1, 2018.
How much is contract 80NSSC18K1673 worth?
The government has obligated $195,424 on 80NSSC18K1673. Its current value, with exercised options, is $240,982.
Was contract 80NSSC18K1673 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC18K1673 was full and open competition.
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