SBIR/STTR Research Award
Sutter™ Space Telescope System for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
Award amount
$74,993Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TRANS ASTRONAUTICA CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2022-11-04
- Contract end date
- 2023-02-04
- UEI
- S463GJG7XJN3
- Solicitation number
- X22.D
- Topic code
- X22D-OTCSO1
Research abstract
The Air Force has a vital and urgent defense mission need for rapidly detecting and tracking objects in beyond LEO to GEO and cislunar orbits to meet real-time requirements and match mounting threats from near-peer adversaries like China and Russia. This xGEO space domain awareness (SDA) is absolutely necessary in order to report where objects are in space and understanding why they are there. TransAstra’s technology will enable surveillance of additional volumes of space, at a fraction of the cost and lead time of current or planned traditional optical tracking system. This technology allows SpOC to find, fix, and track spacecraft and space debris to mitigate any potential threat throughout cislunar 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.
- Trans Astronautica’s Sutter Turn Key Observatory
- 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
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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- Performance and Acoustic Design Optimization Tools for Cyclonic Vortex Engines
- Lattitude (Lattus) Human System Mentoring Solution
- AI-enabled Multi-media Musculoskeletal Triage and Assessment Kit (AMTAK)
- Team-Based Decision-Making Simulation in Virtual Reality for Forward Deployed Damage Control Resuscitation and Surgery
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