MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORP — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S5

MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORP — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amount
$124,942
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
S5
Solicitation
SBIR_20_P1
NAICS
Place of performance
MI
Period
2020-08-12 → 2021-03-01

Description

Michigan Aerospace Corporation proposes to model a remote-sensing instrument, based around a Fabry-Perot interferometer, for sensing thermospheric winds from anbsp;CubeSat-class satellite during this Phase I base effort. nbsp;This work will provide an important, relatively inexpensive and compact instrument option for measuring thermospheric winds, with implications for improving space weather observations and forecasts and improving the modeling of the solar/terrestrial interaction. nbsp;Michigan Aerospacersquo;s extensive experience with Fabry-Perot interferometers and sensor systems based on them, including for thermospheric sensing, will help pave the path towards this programrsquo;s success.