In recent years, some of the NASA-funded wide-field NEO surveys have extended their searches from objects with sky plane rates of motion as fast as a few degrees per day to rates of tens to hundreds…
Active Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC22K0239
- Awardee
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Smithsonian Institution UEI Q7N8CH7NR418 Part of Government Of The United States
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $264,686
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $264,686.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 96% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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| Funding Only Action | $132,568 | |
| Original award | $132,118 |
About this award
This research grant, awarded January 1, 2022, provides $264,686 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), the research division of the Smithsonian Institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to address challenges in Near-Earth Object (NEO) detection. The grant supports research aimed at mitigating false positive detections generated by NASA-funded wide-field NEO surveys that have recently expanded their detection capabilities to identify increasingly smaller and nearer objects. As survey sensitivities have improved to detect objects moving at rates of tens to hundreds of degrees per day across the sky, the number of false positives from Earth-orbiting artificial satellites—whose orbital velocities can overlap with NEO motion signatures—has significantly increased. The work is funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center and carries no set-aside designation, reflecting SAO's competitive technical qualifications.
The grant extends through December 31, 2026 and represents the type of foundational scientific research that SAO regularly conducts in partnership with federal agencies. As a non-profit research organization serving as a trust instrumentality of the U.S. government, SAO leverages its expertise in advanced aerospace systems and specialized scientific services to support NASA's planetary science objectives. This award enables the observatory to contribute methodologies and technical solutions that will improve the reliability of NEO survey data, ultimately enhancing the nation's ability to identify and track potentially hazardous objects in near-Earth space.
Description
In recent years, some of the NASA-funded wide-field NEO surveys have extended their searches from objects with sky plane rates of motion as fast as a few degrees per day to rates of tens to hundreds of degrees per day. This has resulted in the disco
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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC22K0239?
80NSSC22K0239 was awarded to Smithsonian Institution by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on January 1, 2022.
How much is contract 80NSSC22K0239 worth?
The government has obligated $264,686 on 80NSSC22K0239.
Was contract 80NSSC22K0239 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC22K0239 was full and open competition.
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