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The increasing expanse of autonomy towards space and in particular, the leveraging of clustered satellite systems has become increasingly important in a spectrum of areas that include, but not limited to, situational awareness, repair and reliability, to

The six degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) motion of a store released from an aircraft cavity can be exceedingly complex, especially for vehicles operating at supersonic or hypersonic velocities.  In these conditions, the store must pass through shear flows, boundary layer separation regions, vortices, and turbulence, each of which can alter the trajectory in subtle and unexpected ways.  In extreme cases ...

Commercial ground-based guidestar laser systems are incompatible with military telescopes and insufficient for conditions encountered in the field.  Areté and its STTR partner propose to develop an advanced Sodium Guidestar Laser System (SGLS) to demonstr

Ground-based satellite-imaging requires adaptive optics to mitigate atmospheric distortion. These systems require the use of a laser guide-star in the upper atmosphere to produce a point source which can be used to measure the atmospheric distortion to the target of interest. Closed-loop correction requires sampling the atmospheric phase distortion at ~10x the Greenwood frequency, nG, and at suffi ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I effort aims at the feasibility of developing a low-cost, modular human surrogate including a sensory system and organ models with integrated pressure sensors.  The proposed system will be utilized for evaluating personal protective equipment (PPE).  Current human surrogates are either costly or do not provide adequate pressure measurements. The pr ...

A major obstacle to OSAM activities is that few Resident Space Objects (RSOs) incorporate features to enable serviceability. To overcome this challenge, NanoRacks is developing ModPak, a modular satellite servicing kit designed to be anchored to existing

sci_Zone and Johns Hopkins University are proposing QuickSAT/VMS and SHERLOCK-MD, a system for Vehicle Health Management, vehicle inspection-sensing-characterization, and Fault Detection with Fault Classification Functions. QuickSAT/VMS, a flight proven e

The MARS Aerospace Company vehicle design proposal is meant to provide a platform to solve any-and-all On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, & Manufacturing (OSAM) applications. Through Modular Assembly & Rapid Servicing (MARS) techniques. A heavy focus is put on vehicle longevity and modifiable components to encompass a variety of mission profiles. Removal of space debris by this design will performed wi ...

L.Garde, Inc. is proposing to develop DeCaDe (Deployable Capture Device) in response the Air Force solicitation for active debris removal. DeCaDe is designed to be a compact sub-assembly which can be attached to a spacecraft, and when in close proximity deploy a net to capture the targeted orbiting debris. DeCaDe can provide permanent engagements for de-orbiting missions or reversible engagements ...

The number of Resident Space Objects (RSOs), particularly in low Earth orbit, is rapidly increasing, both wanted and unwanted, friendly and otherwise. Thus, a critical need to service, whether to refuel, repair, remove, or reposition RSOs at scale is emerging. Specifically, the capability to visit numerous RSOs with a single spacecraft. Currently, designing and optimizing such missions under rapid ...