SBIR/STTR Research Award
Flexible Low Cost Avionics for NanoSatellite Launch Vehicle Control and GPS Metric Tracking
Award amount
$198,835Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-05-23
- Contract end date
- 2013-11-23
- UEI
- L7JDBS43D7C3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- E1.02
Research abstract
In this proposal, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC (Tyvak) will develop nano-launch vehicle avionics solutions based on the latest commercial electronics products and protocols. These systems will address the unique avionic challenges of dedicated NanoSatellite launch vehicles (NLV). Tyvak will utilized heritage and lessons learned from its CubeSat avionic systems to modify and optimize its current products for use with this new class of launch vehicles. The major technical objectives will be:- Provide compatibility with the all NLV systems in development- Determine and provide appropriate performance and reliability metrics while maintaining the low-cost/low-mass made possible by commercial electronics systems- Determine the feasibility of the latest network protocols (in particular wireless systems) in the NLV environment- Demonstrate the reliability of low-cost/low-mass/low-power GPS based automatic flight termination system (AFTS) by combining the latest generation of commercial miniature GPS systems with high performance computer systems based on mobile computer technology
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.
- Small Satellite Advanced Bus with Tyvak Extended Mission PlatfOrm (TEMPO)
- Smallsat Integration of High Performance Electrical Power System, Follow-On SBIR Phase II
- High Performance Electrical Power System for LEO Mission
- Distributed Multi-GNSS Timing and Localization (DiGiTal) 2.0 for Nanosatellites
- Rapid CubeSat Development
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A high performance, electric pump-fed LOX / RP propulsion system
- Platform Independent Launch Vehicle Avionics with GPS Metric Tracking
- Automated Flight Safety Inference Engine (AFSIE) System
- Wireless Intra-vehicle Communication System (WICS)
- Incremental Evolution of a 10/250 NLV into a 20/450 NMSLV
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2021). Reported award amounts total $8,457,471. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense