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99 -- QUICK RIDE" OPPORTUNITIES SOUGHT ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SPACE PLATFORMS DUE 080897 POC Sharon M. Collignon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0421, Fax (301)286-0324, Email Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Sharon M. Collignon, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0421, Fax (301)286-0324, Email Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#Quick-Ride-1. E-MAIL: Sharon M. Collignon, Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is engaged in a study to determine the feasibility of using excess payload capacity available on commercial space missions to carry Earth science, space science and technology instrumentation. The purpose of this notice is to gather information from industry related to the commercial availability of resources which may be offered to carry payloads. GSFC is considering the technical feasibility, cost, schedule, and contract implications for using excess resources on existing systems to carry science and technology payloads. GSFC welcomes any information submitted by interested parties in response to this request. Specifically, please respond to the following: 1. What are the existing capabilities of your commercial spacecraft. Include information describing the planned orbit(s), planned platform lifetime, excess payload mass, power and volume availability, launch vehicle type(s) and uplink/downlink rates available to payloads? Other technical parameters which would be helpful are descriptions of pointing knowledge, stability, available data storage, payload fields of view available for both science and thermal rejection, as well as any known interface parameters. 2. What is the development status of the commercial system? 3. What is the flight history of the commercial system? 4. How many platforms of this type do you intend to launch and what is the planned schedule? 5. What is the expected price you might charge for this service? 6. What integration and schedule profile would be expected for and available to Quick Ride payloads? 7. Discuss any flight constraints which might be imposed on potential payloads. 8. What sort of warranty or guarantee of service might you offer? 9. Do you have a set of standard terms and conditions which might cover contracts for secondary payloads? If so, please provide us with a copy. 10. Identify a technical point of contact including name, position, telephone and FAX numbers, US Postal and Email addresses. 11. Provide any other information you feel might be helpful in this endeavor. For further information, please contact Ms. Sharon Collignon 301/286-9874 or Email Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov (Email is prefered) by August 8, 1997. Information submitted separate and apart from commercial brochures will be treated as proprietary, if so marked. GSFC looks forward to industry s participation in our study and will acknowledge receipt of any information submitted. The purpose of this effort is to survey industry s capabilities as the first step in a feasibility study. It is not a request for proposal and should not be construed as a commitment by the Government. (0190)

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