Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: NANORACKS, LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2016-09-08 to 2023-12-31
Current total value of award: $2230050
Description: THIS TASK ORDER, TO, PROVIDES INTEGRATION, TRANSPORT, AND DEPLOYMENT OF FOUR 6U CUBESATS, AND ONE 3U CUBESAT FROM ISS. THESE CUBESATS ARE SELECTED FOR FLIGHT BY NASAS CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE AND THEIR LAUNCH IS SPONSORED BY THE LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM LSP AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE LSP WILL IDENTIFY A PD POINT OF CONTACT TO NANORACKS.  THE 3U CUBESAT IS RADIATION SATELLITE RADSAT, DEVELOPED BY MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. RADSAT WILL BE DEPLOYED USING THE NANORACKS CUBESAT DEPLOYER, NRCSD, UNDER THE NASA ALLOCATION PER THE NASA/NANORACKS MOU. SERVICES IN THIS TASK ORDER ARE LIMITED TO SAFETY AND VERIFICATION ONLY. THESE CUBESATS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TURNOVER FOR FLIGHT NO EARLIER THAN FEBRUARY 2018, AND DEPLOYMENT IS REQUESTED AS SOON AS FEASIBLE THEREAFTER.