Purchase Order INF101814M206

This contract award is for the CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE), a two-element radio interferometer designed to fit within a 6U CubeSat platform that will separate into two 3U CubeSats once in orbit. The principal science objective is to use radio interferometry to study radio burst emissions from solar eruptive events in the inner heliosphere, providing observations important for understanding the heliospheric space weather environment. The $4,145,940.00 grant was awarded by...

Satcom Direct Government, Inc. was awarded a $2,000 delivery order against the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract held with the Defense Information Systems Agency. This firm fixed price order is for an initial task to provide a minimum guarantee of satellite communication services from July 18, 2023 through August 17, 2023 in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Performance will take place in Fort Meade,...

This federal contract award is for the TRANCHE 2 TRANSPORT LAYER GAMMA (T2TL GAMMA) program, which is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) awarded by the U.S. Air Force. The prime contractor is Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Operating Corporation, that specializes in the design, manufacture, and operation of advanced nanosatellite technologies and spacecraft buses. The contract has a ceiling value of $18,610,837.00 and a completion date of May 5, 2025. Tyvak...

NASA Goddard Space Center awarded a $500 firm fixed price delivery order against the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (RAPID IV) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. for spacecraft image files, data sheets, and performance characteristics to support catalog setup. Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Operating Corporation. Place of performance will be in Irvine, California. The RAPID IV contract vehicle is an...

The University of Iowa was awarded a $80,749 grant (Contract #80NSSC18K1747) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct a 4-year, 6U CubeSat mission called GTOSAT. The primary objective of the mission is to advance the quantitative understanding of the acceleration and loss of relativistic electrons in the Earth's outer radiation belt. GTOSAT will measure electron spectra and pitch angles from a geosynchronous transfer orbit, providing high-quality particle and...

This federal contract award to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Terran Orbital Operating Corporation, is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I project to improve the state-of-the-art in low-jitter CubeSat platforms to achieve one arc-second pointing stability. The $124,873 firm fixed-price contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will enable the development of a CubeSat platform with enhanced attitude...

This federal contract award is for the design, development, fabrication, and testing of a C2 SATCOM system for use on public-use aircraft. The $2,444,006.33 grant was awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to Honeywell International Inc.'s Aerospace Golden Valley (Advanced Technology) division. The C2 SATCOM system is being developed to operate within Ku and Ka-band frequencies as designated by the ITU-R WRC-2015 for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) communication. The effort includes major...

This $252,092 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder (doing business as the University of Colorado) will fund research to detect and mitigate carrier phase cycle slips in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio occultation (RO) data. The research aims to improve the accuracy of tropospheric and ionospheric profiles derived from the GNSS RO measurements collected by Spire Global's CubeSat constellation. The...

Satcom Direct Government, Inc. was awarded a $10,330 delivery order against its Multiple Award Schedule contract with the General Services Administration to provide annual satellite communications renewal and usage services for two aircraft, N426NA and N436NA, in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center located in Melbourne, Florida. The firm fixed price order has a period of performance through September 30, 2023. No set-aside designation was...

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...