SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tether Propulsion System for XS-11 Satellite Retrieval Mission
Award amount
$0Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2001Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TETHERS UNLIMITED, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FHC2EKAPYU47
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A small propellantless electrodynamic tether system can provide a low-mass and low-cost means for lowering the orbit of an existing satellite from high- or mid-LEO altitudes down to low-LEO altitudes so that the satellite can be retrieved for examination,repair, or return to Earth. We propose to develop prototype hardware for an electrodynamic tether drag system to enable a
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.
- Resin Additive Manufacturing Processed Thermal Protection Systems (RAMP TPS)
- HyperBus Cargo Platform
- Versatile Hot-Swappable Robotic Interface
- Gimbal Mechanism for Extreme Environments
- Structural Electronics Quasi-Additive-Manufacturing (SEQAM)
Research funding history
86 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2019). Reported award amounts total $32,140,882. 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