SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Small NASA Optical Ultraviolet Telescope (SNOUT) Spacecraft Bus, Instrument Integration, and Operational Support
- Notice Date
- 10/3/2022 7:45:04 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GREENBELT MD 20771 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- 2022_RFI_SNOUT
- Response Due
- 10/28/2022 1:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- John P. Lucas, Dean Patterson
- E-Mail Address
-
john.p.lucas@nasa.gov, dean.s.patterson@nasa.gov
(john.p.lucas@nasa.gov, dean.s.patterson@nasa.gov)
- Description
- The Small NASA Optical Ultraviolet Telescope (SNOUT) mission is currently pre-Phase A. This phase ends with a proposal due March 2023. If the proposal is selected for implementation, the mission will proceed into implementation compliant with NASA NPR 7120.8. The following schedule should be used as a basis for responses to this request: ����������� Request for Information released������������������������������ October 3, 2022 ����������� Responses due����������������������������������������������������������� October 28, 2022 Phase A Start Date����������������������������������������������������� October 1, 2023 ����������� Spacecraft Start Date������������������������������������������������� Expected ~ July 31, 2024 ����������� Instrument Delivery for I&T������������������������������������� Expected ~ February 1, 2026 ����������� Launch Readiness Date��������������������������������������������� Expected NLT November 14, 2027 The SNOUT mission is targeting a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) ESPA or ESPA Grande class spacecraft with an expected lifetime of one year. The instrument design is underway and able to be configured to meet available size, data, and power requirements derived from this RFI with a trade study to be performed by the mission team. The instrument is self-contained and requires a minimum volume of 14�x17�x17� where a 14�x17� side is the aperture of the telescope requiring direct access to space. Minimally the spacecraft shall support more than 10Mbps data rate from the instrument with a power draw of 50W during operations. The instrument is to be pointed within 8 arcseconds of a variety of targets with the ability to have the instrument operational for a minimum of two hours during eclipse. If target always visible in orbit, ideal would be to maintain pointing on target. Integration and operations will be supported by the mission instrument team and science operations center. Additional standard NASA requirements on the spacecraft have been captured in the 2021 Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Rideshare Users Guide (RUG) with Do No Harm (DNH)[1]. NASA will use responses to this RFP to evaluate commercial interest in providing a spacecraft bus, instrument integration, and operational support for SNOUT and may use the responses to inform future requests for proposals. [1] https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/2021APMIDEX/pdf_files/SMD%20SPA%20RUG%20with%20DNH_APD_MIDEX_Final_20211015.pdf
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- Record
- SN06485485-F 20221005/221003230107 (samdaily.us)
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