SBIR/STTR Research Award
Qualification of a Satellite on Umbilical Line (SOUL) System for Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Award amount
$1,249,762Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- BUSEK CO., INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-09-25
- Contract end date
- 2025-06-25
- UEI
- SATYSBWG3FL7
- Solicitation number
- X23.6
- Topic code
- AFX236-DPCSO1
Research abstract
Busek Co. Inc has created and patented a tethered spacecraft (s/c) system called SOUL (Satellite on Umbilical Line). Under various sponsorships including the U.S. Air and Space Force, and NASA, five (5) progressively more capable versions of SOUL have be
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.
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- Flexible Fuel Electron Source for Space Propulsion Systems
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Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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- AI-enabling the EMPACT XR Training Platform and Integrating Technical Data to Elevate the Airman Learning Experience
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Research funding history
248 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $87,675,405. 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, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation