SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE GPS AND INERTIALLY INSTRUMENTED SATELLITE FOR GLOBAL GRAVITY FIELD MAPPING
Award amount
$491,495Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- MAYFLOWER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RHGSJAGCFK95
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES TO GPS/INERTIAL TRACKING OF A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE FOR GLOBAL GRAVITY FIELD MAPPING. IT POINTS OUT THAT THE PROBLEM OF GPS/INERTIAL TRACKING OF LEO SATELLITE FOR GRAVITY MAPPING ENCOMPASSES THE PROBLEM OF INTER-SATELLITE STATE VECTOR DETERMINATION AND THE PROBLEM OF SATELLITE ORIENTATION DETERMINATION. THE AFGL STS-GPS TRACKING EXPERIMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE USED AS AN EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE ENHANCED GPS/INERTIAL TRACKING TECHNIQUE CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE MEASUREMENT AND DATA PROCESSING ACCURACY OF THE GLOBAL GRAVITY FIELD MAPPING. METHODS TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF THE MEASUREMENTS ARE PROPOSED WHICH WILL BE ANALYZED IN PHASE I TO PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE OVERALL CONCEPT.
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.
- Low Size, Weight and Power and Cost (SWAP-C) Advanced CRPA (Controlled Radiation Pattern Antenna) GPS L1 and L2 Anti-Jam System with comparable perfor
- Novel AI/ML/Deep-Learning (DL) based PNT Signal Classifier (DLPC)
- Quad Band GNSS Antenna Electronics for Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna System (Q-GAAS)
- Flexible Integrated Thermal System (FITS)
- Global Positioning System (GPS) Tri-Band Antenna System (GTAS)
Research funding history
131 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2025). Reported award amounts total $59,258,074. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration