NASA has selected at at least 28 proposals involving Cube-, nano- and micro-sats for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I awards.
The total includes 23 SBIR and five STTR projects. Companies are partnered with university researchers for the STTR awards.
Selected projects cover a range of areas, including an asteroid prospecting CubeSat mission, smallsat propulsion systems, low-cost launcher technologies, new solar arrays and more.
The projects are listed below with links to full descriptions.
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
AstroCube: An Asteroid Prospecting CubeSat Mission
Busek Company, Inc.
Natick, MA
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
PI: Dr. Michael Tsay
Torch-Augmented Spark Igniter for Nanosat Launch Vehicle LOX/Propylene Rocket Engine
Garvey Spacecraft Corporation
Long Beach, CA
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
PI: Christopher M. Bostwick
A Cubesat Hyperspectral Imager
Nanohmics, Inc.
Austin, TX
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
PI: Dr. Christopher Mann
Low Cost Upper Stage for Affordable Nano/Micro Launch
TGV Rockets, Inc.
Washiington, DC
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
PI: Dr. Earl W. Renaud
Deployable Ka-Band Reflectarray
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Irvine, CO
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
PI: Jacob Portukalian
Small Business Innovation Research Program
Loop Heat Pipe Manufacturing via DMLS for CubeSAT Applications
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Lancaster, PA
PI: Dr. William Anderson
Flexible Methane & Ethane Heat Pipes
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Lancaster, PA
PI: James Yun
Resilient Affordable Cubesat Processor
Advanced Materials Applications
Groveland, CA
PI: Dr. Kathleen Morse
Solar Cube 2U: A Heliogyro Propulsion System for CubeSats
Altius Space Machines, Inc.
Broomfield, CO
PI: Dr. Richard S. Blomquist
DRG-Based CubeSat Inertial Reference Unit (DCIRU)
Applied Technology Associates
Albuquerque, NM
PI: Darren Laughlin
Additively Manufactured Low Power Thrusters for Secondary Payloads
Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc.
Huntsville, AL
PI: James Temple
High Power CubeSat Control Sub-system (HpoCCS)
Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, LLC
Boulder, CO
PI: Dr. Marcin Pilinski
1mN Electrospray Thruster with Safe Passive Propellant Delivery
Busek Company, Inc.
Natick, MA
PI: Nathaniel Demmons
200W Deep Space CubeSat Composite Beam Roll-Up Solar Array (COBRA)
Composite Technology Development, Inc.
Lafayette, CO
PI: Dana Turse
Monofilament Vaporization Propulsion (MVP) System
CU Aerospace, LLC
Champaign, IL
PI: Curtis Woodruff
Ka-Band Klystron Amplifier for CUBESATs
e beam, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
PI: Mr. Bernard K. Vancil
Ultracapacitor Based Power Supply for CubeSats
FastCAP Systems Corporation
Boston, MA
PI: Joseph Lane
Pump-Fed, Compact, High Performance Green Propulsion System for Secondary Payloads
Flight Works, Inc.
Irvine, CA
PI: Nadim R Eid
Low Cost, Pump-fed, Non-Catalytic Thruster for Secondary Payload Green Propulsion
Flight Works, Inc.
Irvine, CA
PI: Nadim R Eid
Ka-Band Electronically Steered CubeSat Antenna
Kymeta Government Solutions
Redmond, WA
PI: Margaret R. Godon
Simulating CubeSat Structure Deployment Dynamics
MotionPort, LLC
Saint George, UT
PI: Dr. Brant A. Ross
Green Monopropellant Propulsion for Small Spacecrafts
Plasma Processes, LLC
Huntsville, AL 35811 – 1558
PI: Dr. Anatoliy Shchetkovskiy
Lightweight Flexible Thermal Energy Management Panels for CubeSats
ROCCOR, LLC
Louisville, CO
PI: Dr. Diego Arias
Bonding and Analysis of Composite TRAC Booms for NASA Science Missions
ROCCOR, LLC
Louisville, CO
PI: Tom Murphey
High Performance TRAC Boom for Solar Sails
ROCCOR, LLC
Louisville, CO
PI: Tom Murphey
Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing for High Performance Combustion Chambers
TGV Rockets, Inc.
Washiington, DC
PI: Dr. Earl W. Renaud
Arcsecond Pointing Stability on a CubeSat Platform
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Irvine, CA
PI: Mr. Solomon Westerman
High Performance Configurable Electrical Power System for LEO Missions
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
Irvine, CO
PI: John Abel