Responsive Space Vehicle Design - Extending Jackal

ProblemŚThe TacRS mission set requires a spacecraft with unique characteristics relevant to payload integration, transportability, storage, rapid launch vehicle integration, rapid initialization, and multi-phenomenology sensing capabilities. The ideal TacRS spacecraft is one that provides flexible on-orbit operations across multiple orbits and inclinations, with significant Delta-v and maneuverability. While many systems may meet some subset of these requirements, a single system with the ability to meet all of these requirements to deliver a sustainable, truly responsive space platform is yet to be demonstrated. OpportunityŚTrue Anomalyĺs commercial Jackal spacecraft is designed with modularity in mind, and several of Jackalĺs key design characteristics align with the challenging requirements of the TacRS mission set. In this Phase II SBIR, we propose a series of engineering efforts and milestone demonstrations to extend and prove Jackalĺs ability to answer several key challenges of the TacRS mission set and clearly define our manufacturing readiness to augment the mission during contingency operations. These include: Rapid Payload Integration Demonstration True Anomaly will demonstrate the ability to integrate a new payload within six months and demonstrate full functionality leveraging our Hardware-in-the-Loop/Software-in-the-Loop (HIL/SIL) environment and perform environmental and mass properties testing leveraging our on-site GravityWorks test installations. Responsive Propulsion System Design Demonstration True Anomaly will deliver hot fire demonstrations and complete full system integration of Jackalĺs propulsion system in partnership with Agile Space, which leverages an innovative low-pressure design, complemented by an electric pump, to provide 1200 m/s of Delta-v, with the potential for on-orbit serviceability. Multi-Orbit Capability Assessment True Anomaly will deliver a detailed design study resulting in detailed design of a multi-orbit Jackal. To complement this design study, we will perform a mission engineering analysis of Jackalĺs expanded TacRS CONOP when using on-orbit prepositioning, expanded thermal regulation through the use of programmable thermal films, and assessing the use of a Portal Space space tug. á