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Advanced Space LLC

$124M obligated·42 awards·2 agencies·4 NAICS

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Showing award actions 51–81 of 81 funded award actions, most recent first.

Contracts with positive obligations
42
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81
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$124M
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2

This table shows award actions with a positive obligation. Zero-dollar and negative-dollar actions, such as administrative changes and deobligations, are not displayed. Multiple award actions may belong to the same contract.

Award data as of August 28, 2026. Source: USAspending federal award records.

DateAgencyPIIDNAICSDescriptionAmount
May 12, 2022National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC21C0018541715IMPROVED NAVIGATION FOR HIGHLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES FOR THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION.DIRECTORATE (HEOMD) PROGRAMS$550K
Jan 4, 2022National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$2.3M
Jul 29, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.5M
May 11, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC21C0215541715NEURAL-INSPIRED COMPUTING HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR SPACECRAFT ONBOARD PROCESSING. THE SAME INNOVATIONS THAT CURRENTLY ALLOW CONSUMER DEVICES TO PROCESS LARGE DATA STREAMS IN REAL-TIME WILL, IN THE FUTURE, ENABLE SPACECRAFT.$125K
Apr 2, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC21C0018541715IMPROVED NAVIGATION FOR HIGHLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES FOR THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION.DIRECTORATE (HEOMD) PROGRAMS$550K
Mar 9, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$2.0M
Dec 11, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC21C0011541715MISSION DESIGN ANALYSIS FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS$75K
Sep 15, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$510K
Jul 21, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0174541715FUTURE MISSIONS OPERATED BY NASA, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES WILL FACE INCREASING CONGESTION DUE TO LIMITED COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE.$375K
Jul 21, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC20C0672541715CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM (CAPS)$375K
Jul 10, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC20C0139541715NEURAL NET CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION IN 3-BODY ORBITS$749K
May 18, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.2M
Apr 22, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0001541715ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FOR EARLY HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES AS IT RELATES TO GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) AND TRAJECTORY ANALYSES$320K
Apr 22, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$429K
Mar 31, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0001541715ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FOR EARLY HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES AS IT RELATES TO GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) AND TRAJECTORY ANALYSES$320K
Mar 18, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.5M
Mar 5, 2020Department of DefenseFA8649 USAF SBIR STTR CNTRCTNG AFRLFA864920P0686541715INNOVATIVE PROJECT TO INTEGRATE ADVANCED ASTRODYNAMICS ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES$50K
Dec 9, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.5M
Nov 12, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.7M
Aug 30, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0628541715CAPSTONE - CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT$1.5M
Aug 28, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0001541715ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FOR EARLY HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES AS IT RELATES TO GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) AND TRAJECTORY ANALYSES$250K
Aug 19, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0388541715ONBOARD DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SPACECRAFT (ODIS)$125K
Aug 19, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0401541715NEURAL NET CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION IN 3-BODY ORBITS$125K
Aug 13, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0139541715SUSTAINED LOW ALTITUDE LUNAR ORBITAL MISSIONS (SLALOMS)$750K
Feb 15, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0001541715ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FOR EARLY HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) ACTIVITIES AS IT RELATES TO GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GN&C) AND TRAJECTORY ANALYSES$250K
Dec 3, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0010541715DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFT MISSIONS (DSM) ARCHITECTURES PROVIDE UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC AND PROGRAMMATIC BENEFITS INCLUDING MULTIPOINT IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS, MULTI-ANGLE VIEWPOINTS, AND IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEPARATELY MEASURED PHENOMENA AND THEIR TIME VARIATIONS. HOWEVER, THESE MISSIONS IMPOSE SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL DEMANDS ON GROUND TRACKING RESOURCES AND MISSION OPERATORS ALIKE, BY ADDING TO THE POPULATION OF SPACE VEHICLES TRACKED AND BY INCREASING THE VOLUME AND FREQUENCY OF SPACE COMMUNICATION CONTACTS. MOVING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS FROM THE GROUND TO THE SPACECRAFT CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR DSM OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR MISSIONS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT WHICH CAN NAVIGATE USING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED INNOVATION REPRESENTS A BREAKTHROUGH IN THIS CONCEPT.$750K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P1996541715THE GRAIL AND LADEE MISSIONS DEMONSTRATED THE INHERENT VALUE OF SKIMMING LOW OVER THE LUNAR SURFACE, YET THEY ONLY PROBED BELOW 10 KM VERY BRIEFLY DURING PERIAPSE PASSAGES. ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES DEVELOPING THE MEANS FOR FLYING SPACECRAFT IN AN ORBIT THAT REMAINS BELOW 10 KM ALTITUDE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS, OPENING THE DOOR TO BREAKTHROUGH SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL STUDY AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM THAT MAY BE USED TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINED LOW-ALTITUDE LUNAR ORBITAL MISSIONS (SLALOM), ENABLED THROUGH AUTONOMOUS ONBOARD GNC CAPABILITIES AND THE USE OF FLASH LIDAR. THE PROPOSED STUDY EXPLORES THE DYNAMICS OF SLALOM, PERFORMS NAVIGATION ANALYSES, EVALUATES MANEUVER PLANNING METHODOLOGIES, AND RESEARCHES HOW UNIQUE INNOVATIONS IN SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY CAN TRANSFER OPERATIONS FROM THE GROUND TO THE SPACECRAFT. SKIMMING THE LUNAR SURFACE AUTONOMOUSLY WITH A SPACECRAFT THAT REMAINS BELOW AN ALTITUDE OF 10 KM IS A CHALLENGING PROPOSITION THAT REQUIRES AN ENTIRELY NEW APPROACH TO SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION, MANEUVER DESIGN AND EXECUTION, AND SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY. SLALOM, WITH THE REQUISITE BREAKTHROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, ALLOWS NEW SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS SUCH AS THE DIRECT SENSING AND/OR CAPTURE OF LUNAR PARTICLES NATURALLY LOFTED BY THE COMPLICATED DYNAMICS OF THE LUNAR EXOSPHERE. THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED INNOVATION IN SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY EXTEND NATURALLY TO OTHER AIRLESS BODIES WHERE SUSTAINED LOW-ALTITUDE ORBITS ARE MISSION ENABLING. THESE INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, THE SCIENTIFIC AND COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION OF ASTEROIDS AND THE MARTIAN SATELLITES PHOBOS AND DEIMOS. WHILE THESE APPLICATIONS ARE COMPELLING, ADVANCED SPACE IDENTIFIES THE MOON AS AN IDEAL PROVING GROUND FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR MANY REASONS, NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WEALTH OF GEODETIC REFERENCE DATA GENERATED BY PREVIOUS MISSIONS AND THE DESIRE FOR LOW-ALTITUDE, HIGH VALUE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS IDENTIFIED BY THE LUNAR SCIENCE COMMUNITY.$125K
Jul 5, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0174541715FUTURE MISSIONS OPERATED BY NASA, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES WILL FACE INCREASING CONGESTION DUE TO LIMITED COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE.$750K
Jun 6, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG22P541712IGF::OT::IGF DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFT MISSIONS (DSMS) SUCH AS CONSTELLATIONS, FORMATION-FLYING MISSIONS, AND FRACTIONATED MISSIONS PROVIDE UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC AND PROGRAMMATIC BENEFITS. DISTRIBUTED MISSION ARCHITECTURES ALLOW FOR MULTIPOINT IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS, MULTI-ANGLE VIEWPOINTS, AND CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEPARATELY MEASURED PHENOMENA AND THEIR TIME VARIATIONS. DSMS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR NASA'S EFFORTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS, SPACE WEATHER, AND HELIOPHYSICS, AND THEY DELIVER OPERATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS FOR MISSIONS TO SMALL BODIES AND PLANETARY SATELLITES AS WELL. IN ALL CASES THESE MISSIONS IMPOSE UNIQUE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN STRESS GROUND TRACKING STATIONS AND MISSION OPERATORS BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES OR CREATE CHALLENGES WHEN ESTABLISHING SUFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS. THESE DSM CHALLENGES CAN BE ADDRESSED BY EMPLOYING AUTOMATION BOTH ON BOARD AND ON THE GROUND. MOVING AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS ON BOARD THE SPACECRAFT MITIGATES BOTH THE OPERATIONAL BURDEN OF SUCH MISSIONS AS WELL AS THE GROUND SEGMENT CONGESTION FACED IN THESE SCENARIOS. ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES DEVELOPING A REAL-TIME (RT), OPEN SOURCE, EMBEDDED SOFTWARE (ESW) APPLICATION FOR ON-BOARD MANEUVER PLANNING AND RELATIVE ORBIT DETERMINATION THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH NASA'S CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM (CFS) AND THAT ENABLES DSMS TO OPERATE WITH INCREASED AUTONOMY IN THEIR SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS. IN COMBINATION WITH CFS, AN ON-BOARD SOFTWARE ENGINE CAPABLE OF EMPLOYING A LINEARIZED SOLUTION OF LAMBERT'S PROBLEM WILL YIELD A POWERFUL AND ENABLING APPLICATION FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF MISSIONS USING DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFT ARRANGEMENTS.$125K
May 24, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG21P541712IGF::OT::IGF RECENT EFFORTS LED BY THE PI OF THIS PROPOSAL HAVE STUDIED THE BENEFITS OF A SATELLITE NAVIGATION TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS LINKED AUTONOMOUS INTERPLANETARY SATELLITE ORBIT NAVIGATION (LIAISON). LIAISON MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE ABSOLUTE, INERTIAL NAVIGATION OF TWO OR MORE SATELLITES USING ONLY RELATIVE SATELLITE-TO-SATELLITE TRACKING DATA. LIAISON REMOVES THE NEED FOR GROUND TRACKING AND PERMITS A CONSTELLATION TO ACHIEVE AUTONOMY WITH ON-BOARD NAVIGATION SOFTWARE. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LIAISON INVOLVES ONE SATELLITE TRAVERSING A LIBRATION ORBIT ABOUT THE EARTH-MOON L2 POINT (PERHAPS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE LUNAR FAR-SIDE) AND ANOTHER SATELLITE TRAVERSING A LOW LUNAR ORBIT. THE TIME-SERIES OF RANGE DATA BETWEEN THE TWO SATELLITES IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED BY ANY OTHER TWO ORBITS. THE UNIQUENESS OF THESE TWO ORBITS BASED ON THEIR RELATIVE POSITION AND/OR VELOCITY PERMITS THE ESTIMATION OF THE ABSOLUTE POSITIONS OF BOTH SPACECRAFT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION PLACES ONE SATELLITE IN A DISTANT RETROGRADE ORBIT ABOUT THE MOON (A DESIRABLE ORBIT FOR MANY MISSION CONCEPTS INCLUDING ORION, THE ASTEROID REDIRECT MISSION (ARM), AND VARIOUS MARS SAMPLE RETURN CONCEPTS) AND A SECOND SATELLITE ANYWHERE ELSE IN CISLUNAR SPACE. NUMEROUS RECENT ACADEMIC STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PROCESSING SATELLITE-TO-SATELLITE TRACKING DATA FOR THESE VEHICLES YIELDS ABSOLUTE NAVIGATION STATES FOR BOTH VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE ACADEMIC STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS ALGORITHM OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. ADVANCED SPACE PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THIS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTO A ROBUST, EXPANDABLE IN-SPACE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, SIMULATED THROUGH A REPRESENTATIVE REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT, POSITIONING IT FOR INFUSION INTO SPACEFLIGHT MISSIONS. THE RESULTING SYSTEM LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROPOSED CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM (CAPS), WHICH INFUSES THE STRENGTH OF LIAISON INTO AN OPERATIONAL NETWORK.$125K
Sep 7, 2016Department of DefenseFA8814 SPACE DEV TEST PLAN PKT LAFA881416C0012541712IGF::OT::IGF RAPID INNOVATION FUNDS (RIF) FOR LEVERAGING DYNAMICS FOR INCREASED ORBIT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY$2.2M

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