SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cuberover for Lunar Resource Site Evaluation
Award amount
$124,943Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-09
- Contract end date
- 2017-12-08
- UEI
- JAQ3W2MGVNV1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- H2.01
Research abstract
The proposed innovation is a Lunar CubeRover specialized as a 2 kg payload to evaluate lander ejecta and to characterize small-rover trafficability. This CubeRover and its roles are specific to the RFP though broadly more general and impactful for exploration enterprise. The proposal offers the prospect for standardization, democratization and broad applicability of CubeRover analogous to the way that CubeSats transformed the domain of Earth orbit and SmallSat enterprise. For the specific context of this proposal, CubeRover is specialized to address III-C-2 In-situ Lunar Surface Trafficability (topic III-C-2) and Descent Engine Blast Ejecta Phenomena (topic III-D-4).
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Clavius-S: Lunar Surface Sensor Payload for Orbital Object Detection
- Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL)
- Photon Counting Sensor for In-space Debris Detection
- RDRE Transfer Vehicle for Tactically Responsive Access to High Orbits
- LaserNav – LiDAR-Based Dark Navigation for Safe and Precise Lunar Landing
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Research funding history
52 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,759,467. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense