Innie/outie development special study the purpose of this special study (purchase order NNK11LB52P) is to design, manufacture, and test a poly-picosatellite orbital deployer (p-POD) mating device to…

Innie/outie development special study the purpose of this special study (purchase order NNK11LB52P) is to design, manufacture, and test a poly-picosatellite orbital deployer (p-POD) mating device to an evolved expendable launch vehicle (eelv) secondary payload adapter (espa) six-u mount (SUM) that can be launched in either an internal or external position on a launch vehicle port. Modification 3 includes the requirement for a qualification test plan, a qualification test unit, and qualification testing in accordance with statement of work REV. 1. As described in statement of work REV.1, the contractor shall design an internally and externally mounted espa SUM that can accommodate two poly picosatellite orbital deployers (p-pods) or a single planetary systems corp. (PSC) 6U dispenser. The contractor shall perform loads/stress analysis for each dispenser configuration, assuming a combined cubesat payload and dispenser weight of 15 KG. The contractor shall manufacture one qualification espa SUM with inboard and outboard mating capability and perform fit checks with the supplied dispensers or mass simulators. Qualification shall be performed with government provided simulators and/or models, including a planetary systems corp (PSC) 6U dispenser and two poly picosatellite orbital deployers (p-pods) with cubesat payload simulators. The contractor shall develop a qualification plan and qualify the espa SUM to espa rideshare user s guide (rug) environments. This plan shall require NASA review and concurrence prior to proceeding with qualification testing. The contractor shall provide a qualification report that shall include the qualification test data of sufficient fidelity such that NASA is capable of independently validating the test results. The contractor shall notify NASA within 24 hours of any failures which occur during qualification testing. The contractor shall support kickoff and monthly teleconferences as necessary to discuss the tasks and results. The contractor shall document the results of any testing, analyses, and qualification in a final report in both hard copy and electronic formats, which shall be submitted to the launch services program mission management point-of-contact, the contract specialist, and the LSP integration engineer.