Enclosure 4 (SRPO Technology Roadmap June).pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 80GSFC21R0037
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This document contains a technology roadmap for the NASA Sounding Rockets Program and details of the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV solicitation. The technology roadmap outlines goals and core technologies for sounding rocket missions from 2019 through 2025, including increasing payload and sub-payload capabilities, developing high altitude vehicles, improving telemetry systems, and enabling longer observation times. The related solicitation seeks offers to operate and maintain government-owned facilities at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico for conducting sounding rocket launch operations and remote campaigns. Potential offerors are invited to review and provide comments on all aspects of the draft solicitation by 14 calendar days following its release. The government will consider all comments received in preparing the final RFP.
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Sounding Rockets Program Technology Roadmap G oa ls
M is si on
M ap pi ng C or e
T ec hn ol og ie s
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
SubTec- 9 SubTec- 10
Sub-payload development
• Turn deployable small payloads into science platforms
• Increase capability of sub-payload systems
Miniaturization and modernization of payload systems
• Minimize weight and volume of support systems
High data rate telemetry and onboard recording
• Increase amount of science data obtained on each flight
High altitude vehicle with reentry and recovery
• Allows longer science observation times while still allowing re-flight of science instruments and payload systems
• Dual main receiver
• GPS receiver
• Larger battery packs
• 40 Mbps C-band telemetry development
• Ethernet P/L bus communication development
• Swarm Communication
• High data rate encoder
• 40 Mbps S-band telemetry
• Ethernet via telemetry
(EVTM) development
SubTec- 8
Mesospheric vehicle and payload
• Leverage sub-payload systems to develop miniature yet capable payloads for mesospheric science
• Increase spring deployment velocity
• 3u CubeSat form factor and deployer
• Tern SPARCS development
• High energy density battery development
• Tern INS and GIPS
• Tern NIACS
• TM over IP data distribution
• Telemetry analysis suite (MUTAS)
• Deployable ground station
Sub-Payloads
Telemetry
Miniaturization and Modernization
New Capability
• 1 Mbps telemetry
• Single main receiver
• Sub-payload sensor suite
• Deploying and Retracting Tubular (DaRT) Boom
• 300-400 Mbps C-band telemetry development
• Mesospheric payload
• New ignition system
• New power system
• Payload lightweight concepts
• Large diameter payload (>32”)
• Mesospheric vehicle
• High altitude vehicle
• Integrated power system development
• Versatile Linear Shape Charge (FTS)
• GPS sub-payload antenna upgrade
• Increased RF range (~40
km) with lower-rate data
• Ground station upgrades for C-band telemetry
• High rate (1 Gbps) onboard data recorder development
• Low-cost flight computer
• Wallops Integrated Star Tracker
• Nested skin for high altitude reentry
• Consolidated ordnance system development
• High altitude vehicle recovery
Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0037 NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV Enclosure 4 Sounding Rockets Program Office Technology Roadmap
Sounding Rockets Program Technology Roadmap
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