SBIR/STTR Research Award
Trans Astronautica’s Sutter Turn Key Observatory
Award amount
$1,799,636Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TRANS ASTRONAUTICA CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2024-12-04
- Contract end date
- 2025-12-05
- UEI
- S463GJG7XJN3
- Solicitation number
- X23.4
- Topic code
- AFX234-DCSO2
Research abstract
Under this proposed effort, TransAstra will develop and field the final prototype module of the Sutter Turn Key Observatory (TKO) system, based off of their Ground-Based Sutter telescope technology, for deployment and operational SDA capabilities.
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.
- Long Life Cryogenic Propellant Storage in Space by New Compressor-Expander Cycle (CEx-C) System
- End-of-Life Disposal and Active Debris Remediation - FlytrapÖ Capture Bag
- Flytrap Multi-Object Capture Bag for End-of-Life (EOL) Disposal and Relocation to On-Orbit Depot for In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM)
- Mini Bee Capture Bag for Active Debris Remediation
- Sutter Turn Key Observatory (TKO) Systems
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- AeroISU: Real-time Visibility and Mission Readiness of Industrial Storage Units (ISU), Containers & other USAF Equipment
- Quantum Secure Identification
- Low-Probability-of-Intercept Terahertz Communications for Air Force Applications
- Accrete Argonaut Sequential
- SAFIRE TACFI
Research funding history
14 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2017–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,537,236. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration