IGF::OT::IGF M42 TECHNOLOGIES IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF A RF BASED CROSSLINK WITH RELATIVE NA…

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IGF::OT::IGF M42 TECHNOLOGIES IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF A RF BASED CROSSLINK WITH RELATIVE NAVIGATION AND TIME TRANSFER CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE AUTONOMOUS PRECISION FORMATION FLYING (PFF) OF SPACECRAFT AS SMALL AS NANOSATELLITES (1 TO 10 KG). THE SOLUTION CONSISTS OF A MULTI-CHANNEL SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR), AND INNOVATIVE SIGNALING AND PROCESSING TO ENABLE CUBESAT SCALED SPACECRAFT TO MEASURE POSITIONS WITH CENTIMETER TO SUB-MILLIMETER-LEVEL PRECISION POSITIONING (TECHNICAL AREA (TA) 5.4.4) THEREBY PROVIDING NEW CAPABILITIES SUCH AS AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING (AR&D), AND PRECISION FORMATION FLYING (PFF) BOTH FOR HUMAN AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION MISSIONS. IN ADDITION, THIS PROPOSED SOLUTION PROVIDES FOR INTER-SATELLITE NANOSECOND-LEVEL TIME TRANSFER CAPABILITY (TA 5.4.1) IMPROVING ABSOLUTE NAVIGATION. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT WILL BUILD ON THE DEMONSTRATED RESULTS OF THE PHASE I SBIR, AND WILL FOCUS ON IMPROVING PERFORMANCE, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A PROTOTYPE CUBESAT-SCALED RADIOMETRIC SDR-BASED NAVIGATION SOLUTION THAT WITH AUTONOMOUS POSITION, NAVIGATION AND TIME (PNT) CAPABILITIES.