Project Grant 2332422

This $732,034 Project Grant award by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support the development and deployment of an Operational Data Sharing (ODS) system to enable real-time spectrum sharing between radio astronomy observatories and satellite constellations. The primary objectives are to construct the ODS system and experiment with spectrum sharing between the Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, and the Starlink satellite constellation operated by SpaceX. The project will engage students from diverse backgrounds as summer interns and enhance public awareness of spectrum issues through integrating ODS data into the existing public telescope status display. The project builds on prior NSF-funded design and planning work, with an initial focus on spectrum sharing in the 10.7-12.7 GHz band. The award was made to Associated Universities Inc. (AUI), a non-profit research management organization that operates major national and international scientific facilities, primarily in radio astronomy.