SBIR/STTR Research Award
MARVY: Mars Velocity Sensor
Award amount
$123,956Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2013-05-23
- Contract end date
- 2013-11-23
- UEI
- K15KKHPFZ5T9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S4.01
Research abstract
The successful landing of the large Mars rover Curiosity on August 5, 2012 outlined the increasing complexity of safely landing large rovers on the planet. A precise knowledge of the spacecraft speed is required in order to initiate the landing sequence near 900 mph; the present method uses IMUs to determine the position and speed of the craft, which is prone to drift and highly sensitive to initial conditions. The proposed MArs VelocitY sensor (MARVY) is a short range air data sensor based on direct, or incoherent, detection of light scattered by both molecules and aerosols. The instrument operates in the presence or absence of aerosols, thus enabling operation in completely clear atmosphere. The MARVY design will be based on micro-fabricated optical components to provide an instrument that affords all requirements for planetary exploration. This Phase I will entail modeling and design of the instrument. Critical components will be tested in Phase II.
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.
- Pigeon - An Urban Atmospheric LiDAR
- Egret - A LIDAR Sensor for Storm Water Monitoring
- PLUMESIGHT: LIDAR-Based Plume Classification
- PlumeSight: A machine learning based plume identification and classification method for LIDAR instrument data
- Miniaturized Nightglow Interferometer for Monitoring Emissions from a CubeSat
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Speed Sensor for Planetary EDL: "SPRY"
- Ultra Compact Laser for 3D Imaging LIDAR
- Robust, Low SWAP Planetary Entry, Descent and Landing System
- Non-mechanical High-Resolution Low-SWaP Lidar
- An Enhanced Modular Terminal Descent Sensor for Landing on Planetary Bodies
Research funding history
71 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2023). Reported award amounts total $22,024,167. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation