SBIR/STTR Research Award
Dynamic Mobility Through On-Orbit Refueling
Award amount
$49,984Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ORBIT FAB, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-19
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-19
- UEI
- K21RB9EGCKD5
- Solicitation number
- X20.3
- Topic code
- AF203-CSO2
Research abstract
Orbit Fab’s satellite fueling port called the Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI), along with its spacecraft docking interface called the Smart Proximity operations And Rendezvous Kit (SPARK), enables autonomous ground and on-orbit fueling
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.
- Development and On-Orbit Commissioning of Critical Systems for Proximity Operations and Future In-Space Refueling
- ESPA Port Refueling Module
- Dynamic Mobility Through On-Orbit Refueling
- Active Docking Mechanism for On-Orbit Satellite Refueling
- RAFTI Flight Qualification for High Pressure Gases
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Hermes - Data Relay to pLEO
- Space Capability for OPIR Ranking and Evaluation (SCORE)
- Catalytic Propellant Decomposition Chamber for Multi-Mode Propulsion
- Dynamic ISR planning with multi-level security access for space asset tasking
- CEPHALOPOD: 21st Century Software for Satellite Proximity Operations
Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2023). Reported award amounts total $20,971,931. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration