SBIR/STTR Research Award
A High-Payload Fraction, Pump-Fed, 2-Stage Nano Launch Vehicle
Award amount
$124,550Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ASTRA SPACE OPERATIONS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-02-13
- Contract end date
- 2012-08-13
- UEI
- KXCVMPM1BB14
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- O2.01
Research abstract
Ventions proposes the development of a pump-fed, 2-stage nano launch vehicle for low-cost on-demand placement of cube and nano-satellites into LEO.The proposed vehicle uses high T/W and high Isp pump-fed engines that operate at high chamber pressures without the weight penalty of high pressure tanks, thereby realizing payload fractions in the 1-2% range.Ventions has already completed several component-level demonstrations in the area, and is proposing additional development of the stage separation mechanisms, payload fairing and main engine gimbal as part of the Phase I effort.
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.
- Electric Pump Fed Propulsion for a Liquid Bipropellant Mars Ascent Vehicle
- Small-Scale, Methane-Fueled Reaction Control Engines for In-Space Propulsion
- High-Performance, Pump-Fed Propulsion for Mars Ascent Vehicle Applications
- Low-Cost and High-Performance Propulsion for Small Satellite Applications
- On-Board Pressurization Systems for Sample Return Missions
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Alternative Hydrocarbon Propulsion for Nano / Micro Launch Vehicle
- Alternative Hydrocarbon Propulsion for Nano / Micro Launch Vehicle
- Neptune modular rockets for breakthrough low-cost space access
- Standard Electric Interface for Payload and Launch Vehicle Enabling Secondary Rideshare
- Expandable External Payload Carrier for Existing Launch Vehicles
Research funding history
19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2016). Reported award amounts total $7,063,533. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense