QandA as of 30 Sep 2020.pdf
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- Multi-Mission Orbital Platforms (Formerly ROOSTER-Risk Reduction) Federal contract opportunity
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- FA8814-20-R-0001
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This Broad Agency Announcement solicits innovative concepts to advance the Multi-Mission Orbital Platforms program, formerly known as ROOSTER-Risk Reduction. The Space and Missile Systems Center seeks proposals for technical studies, analyses, designs, or research and development up to and including prototyping of orbital platforms capable of hosting multiple payloads of at least 300 kilograms each. White papers are due by October 9, 2020 and requests for proposals will be released on November 6, 2020, with full proposals due November 27, 2020. The agency intends to make multiple awards totaling $1.8 million initially from a pool of proposals, with potential additional funding of $4.9 million. Enabling technologies, processes, and non-platform specific concepts are also of interest.
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Addendum to Multi-Mission Orbital Platforms (Formerly ROOSTER-Risk Reduction) - Q&A
1) Section 1.2, Background and Motivation on p. 2 of the solicitation states:
“The platform should accommodate multiple payloads—hosted (i.e. remain affixed to the platform throughout mission life) and separable (i.e. able to separate from the platform on orbit)—with a minimum mass capability of 300 kg per individual payload.”
a. Question: Is “300kg” the minimum mass required of the integrated satellite (a.k.a. “payload” from the launch vehicle perspective)? Or is “300kg” the mass capability per payload of the
ROOSTER program’s platform (i.e., LDPE)?
a. Answer: The second interpretation was the Government’s intent, i.e. the platform/bus can support multiple, 300kg payloads
2) Question: Is the Government interested in enabling technologies and process (e.g., interface approaches, I&T approaches, business models) as stand-alone responses (i.e., not tied to a specific satellite platform)?
a. Answer: Yes. Concepts for enabling technologies and processes not directly tied to a specific satellite platform are welcome.
3) Question: Is the Government interested in ESPA / ESPA-Grande class multi-mission space platforms, or would it consider this class of platform to small for the program's objectives?
a. Answer: For the purposes of this BAA, the Government is not interested in standalone concepts for smaller ESPA / ESPA-Grande class multi-mission space platforms. However, if these platforms may be employed to advance the overall ROOSTER mission as described
(e.g. by integrating to the larger primary platform or otherwise interacting, supporting, or enhancing the on-orbit mission), such concepts are of interest.
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