SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lunar Articulating Solar Panel System
Award amount
$250,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Roccor, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-09-28
- Contract end date
- 2022-06-28
- UEI
- HGG7FMJH8MM3
- Solicitation number
- 16.1
- Topic code
- 2016.H5
Research abstract
The Air Force is pursuing scalable power technologies for Small Satellites that can operate beyond GEO. In the proposed Phase II SBIR Roccor will leverage expertise in power systems architecture (from Roccor’s HiPASS solar array) and expertise in solar arrays for lunar environments (from Roccor’s ASPEN lunar surface solar array) to develop a SmallSat solar array that can enable space domain awareness (SDA) missions beyond GEO. The proposed Phase II SBIR will investigate the power generation requirements of a solar electric propulsion (SEP) SmallSat that traverses from GTO to a low lunar orbit. A solar array will then be developed, fabricated, and tested that meets these requirements.
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.
- Articulated Tensioned Hexapod Extendable Nanosatellite Antenna (ATHENA)
- Compact High Energy Storage System (CHESS)
- Sail Trimming Actuator for Targeted Reentry (STARTR)
- Robust, Highly Scalable Solar Array for Harsh Environments
- Space Demonstration of FlexCool Thin Flat Heat Pipes
Research funding history
45 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2020). Reported award amounts total $19,023,156. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense