SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Novel Method for De-Tumbling Resident Space Objects with OTV Thruster Plumes
Award amount
$249,907Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ATOMOS NUCLEAR AND SPACE CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2022-07-05
- Contract end date
- 2022-12-05
- UEI
- MK8KXNNB85D5
- Solicitation number
- X21.S
- Topic code
- AF21S-TCSO1
Research abstract
Rotational motion in uncommandable resident space objects ("RSO") poses significant risk, making space debris mitigation more challenging when the object to be grappled is spinning dangerously, impossible to approach. At low spin rates, magnetic actuators
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.
- Evolved Propellant Transfer Interface - High Pressure Propellant Capable
- Characterization of plume-target interactions for safe rendezvous and detumbling of uncontrolled assets
- Verification of Third-Party Rendezvous with Refueling Tanker on 5DOF Validation Testbed
- Adaptation of on-board mission planner for semi-autonomous RPO operations and abort procedures
- Rendezvous with Charged LEO Satellite
Awards with the same topic code
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- Biomimetic System for Autonomous On-Orbit Capture
- Development of an analysis tool for automatic defect detection during on-orbit additive manufacturing process
- Nautilus Capture Mechanism Configuration: A Study to Compare Tolerances of Electrostatic and Gecko-like Adhesion of Spacecraft Docking System for Long-Duration Space Missions
- REACCH: Adhering Arms Architecture for Unprepared Surface Capture
Research funding history
9 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $5,381,576. 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