SBIR/STTR Research Award

Cislunar Space Exploration Vehicles

Award identifier 0fd91d7aa17705c58a3af8c148c680fc98130fa7035841a69feaf31d2d0426dfAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$49,970

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2020

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
XPLORE INC
Proposal award date
2020-03-09
Contract end date
2020-06-09
UEI
GMP6FC32KKZ2
Solicitation number
20.1
Topic code
J201-CSO1

Research abstract

Xplore is a privately-funded company building modular spacecraft to explore the inner solar system. The ‘Xcraft’ is Xplore’s first generation high performance ESPA-class vehicle. It utilizes electric propulsion, a 1.75 meter high-gain antenna, and a modular payload bay to fit mission specific instruments. Xplore’s approach to space exploration is to demonstrate existing PNT techniques and algorithmic solutions on its 2021 lunar mission that lay the foundation to establish a distributed set of commercial and government PNT nodes across cislunar space with every US launch.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2021). Reported award amounts total $799,796. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase II, Phase I

Agencies: Department of Defense

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