SBIR/STTR Research Award
Radiation Hardened WiFi Access Point for Spacecraft
Award amount
$74,752Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SOLSTAR SPACE COMPANY
- Proposal award date
- 2024-05-14
- Contract end date
- 2024-08-19
- UEI
- EKZQJNBP2J54
- Solicitation number
- X24.5
- Topic code
- AFX245-PCSO2
Research abstract
With 8,377 satellites orbiting the Earth currently, and 55,000 more to be launched by 2031, USSF must develop technology supporting In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) to maintain space superiority. ISAM enables better ISR, refueling, and repairing in space. ISAM necessitates satellites communicating with each other to safely facilitate Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD). Current wifi solutions for space that enable this type of connectivity are either limited by the radiation they can withstand or unrealistically expensive. Solstar will engage USSF units like Space Delta 2 and others to improve mission readiness by offering the the first-ever, novel, and unique WiFi card for USSF RPOD close-in maneuvering operations anywhere in space.
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.
- Lunar WiFi Access Point (LWiFi AP)
- Wide Band Continuous Spacecraft System Communications Terminal
- Continuous Bi-Directional Spacecraft System Communications
- Solstar Space Company - Continuous Spacecraft System Communications
- Critical Data Relay (CritDR)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Thermal Runaway Resistant Li ion Batteries
- Advanced Real-Time Flush Air Data System (FADS) for Blunt-Nosed Space Reentry Vehicles and Weapons
- Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion with Oxygen Resilience for Long Duration Operation in VLEO
- A Highly-Efficient and Scalable Conjunction Assessment Framework for On-Orbit Spacecraft Protection
- space Resource Automatic Scheduling mission Operations Requests (RASOR)
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2025). Reported award amounts total $2,846,084. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration