P-POD Auxiliary Payload on the STP-ST26/Minotaur-IV Launch

Information

• NSF Award
• 0822792

Owner

• United States Air Force

• Award Id

  0822792

• Award Effective Date

  2/14/2008 - 16 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/2010 - 14 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 121,438.00

• Award Instrument

  Contract Interagency Agreement

This is a transfer of funds to the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program for accommodations and launch services for an auxiliary payload carrying a NSF-sponsored spacecraft on the STP-S26/Minotaur-IV launch scheduled for December 2009. The NSF sponsored nano-satellite will be a "triple (3U) cubesat" and will utilize the Poly-Picosat Orbital Deployer (P-POD) system. The purpose of the NSF nano-satellite mission will be space weather research. The selection of the mission will be done following a solicitation for proposals and scientific and technical review of the proposals. This will be the first project under a new NSF initiative titled: "CubeSat-based Science Missions for Space Weather and Atmospheric Research."

• Program Officer

  Therese Moretto Jorgensen

• Min Amd Letter Date

  2/14/2008 - 16 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  4/26/2011 - 13 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Department of the Air Force, Space and Missile Systems Center

• City

  Kirtland AFB

• State

  NM

• Country

  United States

• Address

  SMC Det 12/rp

• Postal Code

  871175776

• First Name

  Dennis

• Last Name

  McNabb

• Email Address

  dennis.mcnabb@kirtland.af.mil

• Start Date

  2/14/2008 12:00:00 AM