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The development of an orbital Maneuvering and Transfer Vehicle (MTV) that can be safely manifested aboard the Space Shuttle and meet U.S. Air Force Space Test Program orbit transfer performance requirements is critical to launching secondary experimentalpayloads from Space Shuttle Hitchhiker Experiment Launch System (SHELS). The objective of this project is to develop a prototype MTV Propulsion M ...

Miniaturization technology has enabled small satellites in the 100 to 1,000-lb weight range. The ability to produce these satellites has outpaced the ability of military and commercial sector to cheaply launch them into space. Current spacelift isexpensive; e.g., it costs roughly $15M to launch a 1,000-lb satellite to Low Earth Orbit, or $15,000 per lb of spacecraft weight. Small satellite pote ...

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Modasco proposes extending the capability of its architectural modeling toolkit to include model execution and evaluation. Visual Simulation Objects (VSO) represents complex systems as Colored Petri Nets (CPNs) that form the basis for simulating theperformance of large, concurrently-firing systems. This enhancement will allow mathematically complex business rules to be embedded in a design, thereb ...

ITN Energy Systems, Inc. is developing a space photovoltaic (PV) product based on our commercialization partner, Global Solar Energy, Inc.'s (GSE) flexible thin-film polycrystalline copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) technology. These devices arebeing made as discrete cells on metallic foil substrates, as well as a monolithically integrated device on a polymeric substrate. While we have demo ...

This contract will develop and demonstrate the capability to capture and process data from any sensor without apriori knowledge of the sensor or its model. We will develop the software libraries to process sensor data captured in the format standarddeveloped in phase I. The software libraries will be integrated into the Joint Sensor Integration Fusion Testbed (JSIFT) at AFRL/SNAR and demonstrate ...

Frequency-agile lasers with ultra-narrow linewidth are required for several coherent laser applications, including correction for Doppler frequency shifts between fast-moving platforms, and column content Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) measurementsfrom Space with atmospheric depth biassing. Coherent Technologies Inc. proposes to develop a compact near-monolithic laser that provides 30GHz tu ...

Innovative satellite computer architecture that combines power savings techniques, high throughput microprocessors and new single event upset mitigation techniques. By combining low power, state-of-the-art Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) microprocessorswith a novel form of triple modular redundancy on a single processor, Space Micro is able to achieve >1,200 MIPS performance at

A non-vacuum process for fabricating CIS/CIGS type solar cells and monolithically integrated sub-modules on 0.001

The overall technical objective is to develop the information systems technology necessary to implement a Materials Knowledge Base. This object-based data repository will allow the acquisition and storage of experimental materials analysis data,regardless of its origin or format. The mechanism is also provided for investigators to access and utilize that data in other experiments, analyses, or si ...