SBIR/STTR Research Award
TETHER DEPLOYMENT MONITORING SYSTEM
Award amount
$250,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ANCO ENGINEERS, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- QLLFN77RUQA7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMICS OF USING TETHERS FOR STATION-KEEPING OR SLING LAUNCH OF PAYLOADS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE RELIABLE CONTROL OF THE TETHER ITSELF IN ANENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED TETHER DEPLOYMENT MONITORING SYSTEM (TDMS) WOULD PROVIDE DATA ON THE TETHER'S CONDITION, GUIDANCE IMFORMATION, AND EARLY WARNING ON POSSIBLE FAILURE CONDITIONS. INSTRUMENT PACKAGE WOULD BE DEPLOYED ALONG THE TETHER, APPLIED, AND REMOVED DURING TETHER DEPLOYMENT AND RECOVERY. IT NEED HAVE NO EFFECT ON TETHER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OR DEPLOYMENT. THE PHASE I RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL PROTOTYPE SUCH AN INSTRUMENT PACKAGE, ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS, DEVELOP OPERATING PARAMETERS, AND CHECK OUT FUNDAMENTAL OPERATION TO VERIFY THE CONCEPT'S FEASIBILITY.
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.
- Vertical Linear Accelerator for Dynamic Visual-Vestibular Acuity Health Status Evaluation and Desensitization Training
- A Fiber-Optic Method for Measuring the Single Scattering Phase
- QUASI-WELD-FREE AND NANOCRYSTALLINE APPROACHES TO LONG-LIFE BELLOWS SEALS IN CRYOCOOLERS & OTHER RECIPROCATING MACHINES
- MONITOR FOR AIRBORNE LEAD
- SIGLE-USE, NON-REVERSIBLE SYRINGE
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $3,525,747. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation