Grant For Research NNX17AF59G
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- This federal contract award, valued at $3,568,871.00, was granted to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on January 27, 2020. The contract supports the ICESat-2 mission, which was successfully launched in September 2018 and is using state-of-the-art laser altimeter technology to study the Earth's surfaces. UT Austin ARL, a division of the University of Texas System, is a leading research...
- This federal contract award, NNX16AT04G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) to support the ICESAT-2 LASER REFERENCE SYSTEM CHROMATIC ABERRATION MITIGATION program. The $149,221.86 grant will fund research using an interlaced batch least squares method to estimate and address chromatic aberration in the ICESAT-2 laser reference system, in order to produce an improved attitude...
- This federal contract award to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) supports a NASA ICE, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) validation activity. The $409,425.15 grant will leverage past work on the original ICESat mission to conduct independent assessments of the satellite's geolocation and elevation measurement accuracy once the laser altimeter is on-orbit. The work will focus on using ground-based corner cube retro-reflectors and...
- This federal contract award, NNX17AB50G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) to support the creation of the ICESat-2 ATL18 algorithm theoretical basis. The key objective is to develop accurate global products of terrain heights, canopy heights, and canopy cover at moderate spatial resolution to support terrestrial and climate studies. The $149,904.21 grant will leverage data...
- This is a $134,914.15 federal contract award from the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Texas at Austin's Applied Research Laboratories Division (UT Austin ARL). The objective of the project is to develop data sets and assess the performance of the ATL08 algorithms for the ICESat-2 ATLAS instrument in a variety of ecosystems, as the existing photon counting data has been limited. The contract leverages existing small-footprint, full-waveform and dense discrete...
- This federal contract award supports continued development of the ATL08 algorithm for the NASA ICESat-2 satellite mission. The $145,484 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories Division. The purpose is to ensure continuity of personnel working on the ATL08 algorithm and build confidence that it is ready to process the large volume of data once ICESat-2 begins...
- This federal contract award, valued at $436,838.00, was granted to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research and development related to "the use of receiver, clock, and atmospheric ties to advance space geodesy". This work supports NASA's broader initiatives in space science and exploration. The award is not designated as a set-aside...
- This $148,038.31 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Applied Research Laboratories (ARL) Division. The purpose of the grant is to develop a methodology for producing a gridded global terrain and canopy height product from the data collected by the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission. The objectives include analyzing and visualizing the ICESat-2...
- This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1732, was made by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL), a division of the University of Texas System. The $448,195.52 grant is for research related to multiple measurement techniques to recover a baseline, utilizing a low-gain receive system located near a permanent GNSS antenna and applying differential GNSS to...
- The University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) has been awarded a $148,810 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a global land and vegetation gridded product (ATL18) based on data from the ICESat-2 satellite. This research effort aims to provide the terrestrial science community with accurate terrain and canopy height data at 1-kilometer resolution or better, which is critical for understanding land surface...
This federal contract award, NNX17AF59G, was made by NASA to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories (UT Austin ARL) division, which is a research organization within the University of Texas System. The contract, valued at $1,953,904.82, supports the ICESat-2 Precision Pointing Determination (PPD) mission by delivering software development, testing, and on-orbit support for the spacecraft's geolocation capabilities. The work builds upon existing ICESat algorithms developed by UT Austin ARL and includes algorithm improvements, mitigation of chromatic aberration, data pre-processing, and support for validation and verification. This contract is not associated with any set-aside designations. The University of Texas System, the parent organization of UT Austin ARL, has a long history of supporting federal agencies through a variety of contract and grant awards across its institutions, particularly in scientific research and technology development.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($89) | 10/19/20 | ||
| 5 | Funding Only Action | ($89) | 10/19/20 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 1/11/20 | ||
| 4 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/11/20 | |
| 3 | Funding Only Action | $209.5k | 5/2/19 |