AD ASTRA ROCKET CO
WEBSTER, TX · UEI NNFSTQLJUUM9 · CAGE 430X5
Awarded (5-yr transactions)
$4.0M
Set-aside awards seen
1
Latest period end
Sep 2027
Largest contract awards
- NNH15CN86C$8.9M
IGF::OT::IGF NASA BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD NNH15ZCQ001K. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORK ARE TO DEMONSTRATE AND MEASURE KEY TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS AND PARAMETERS RELEVANT TO NASA. AD ASTRAS WELL DEMONSTRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES WILL BE FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. AD ASTRA WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING POWER. AD ASTRA WILL PERFORM OPERATIONAL THERMAL STEADY STATE TESTS IN A DESIGN THAT IS EFFICIENT AND EXTENSIBLE TO CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS PER THRUSTER. TRL 5 PPUS. AD ASTRA WILL USE EXISTING TRL5 RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATORS (RF PPUS) THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND BUILT BY NAUTEL LTD AND PROVEN IN VX 200 TESTING. THESE PPUS ARE RATED FOR STEADY STATE OPERATION, HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED A COMBINED EFFICIENCY PERCENTAGE AND A SPECIFIC MASS. LIFETIME. AD ASTRA WILL CARRY OUT 100 HOURS CONTINUOUS LIFETIME TESTING FOR THE FULL 100 HOURS AT FULL THERMAL STEADY STATE. AD ASTRA WILL PERFORM EROSION MEASUREMENTS AT THE END OF THE TEST WITH A PRECISION GOAL SUFFICIENT TO EXTRAPOLATE OPERATIONAL (THRUSTING) LIFETIME TO A NUMBER OF HOURS. PERFORMANCE. AD ASTRA WILL MEASURE ROCKET PERFORMANCE USING VX 200 PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED TECHNIQUES IN EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS MADE DURING LONG DURATION STEADY STATE OPERATIONS DRIVE COST. EXCLUDING THE LABORATORY SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COOLING POWER, AD ASTRA WILL VERIFY A SYSTEM EFFICIENCY GOAL OF GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT, INCLUDING THE RF PPUS, AT A SPECIFIC IMPULSE OF INTEREST USING ARGON PROPELLANT. AD ASTRA WILL ALSO CARRY OUT VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE TESTING WITHIN A RANGE. THESE TESTS WILL ALLOW TRL 6 DESIGNS THAT WILL ACHIEVE TOTAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT IN THE SPECIFIC IMPULSE RANGE OF 2000 S TO 5000 S USING HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH ARGON AND KRYPTON PROPELLANTS.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541712 · Aug 2015 – Dec 2020 · official record ↗
- 80NSSC25C0436$4.0M
PHASE II SEQUENTIAL SBIR 80NSSC25C0436 TECHNOLOGY MATURATION OF THE VASIMR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Sep 2025 – Sep 2027 · official record ↗
- 80NSSC24CA167$850K
SBIR PHASE II- IMPROVED DESIGN OF THE VASIMR RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION LINE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · May 2024 – Dec 2025 · official record ↗
- 80NSSC23CA059$849K
FY23 SBIR PHASE II - IMPROVED THERMO- MECHANICAL DESIGN OF THE VASIMR RF COUPLER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · May 2023 – Mar 2025 · official record ↗
- 80NSSC22PA916$150K
EO14042 SBIR PHASE I IMPROVED THERMO-MECHANICAL DESIGN OF THE VASIMR RF COUPLER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Jul 2022 – Jan 2023 · official record ↗
- 80NSSC23PB293$150K
SBIR PHASE I: IMPROVED DESIGN OF THE VASIMR RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION LINE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NAICS 541715 · Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · official record ↗
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