NASA’s Artemis missions aim to establish a sustained lunar presence on and around the Moon. Communications and navigation technologies will be critical to enabling the safety, science, and operations of our astronauts and missions. NASA
Solicitation Number:
NNH16ZCQ001K-1_Appendix-Q
July 8, 2024 – Solicitation Released
Solicitation Overview
NASA’s long-term vision to provide
for a resilient space and ground communications and navigation infrastructure
in which space mission users can seamlessly “roam” between an array of
space-based and ground-based networks has been bolstered by innovative studies
delivered by industry through the Next Space Technologies for Exploration
(NextSTEP) – 2 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement vehicle. Initially, NASA
seeks to create an interoperable architecture composed of a mixture of existing
NASA assets and commercial networks and services. In the long-term, this
will allow for a smooth transition to fully commercialized communications
services for near-Earth users. The overarching goal is to create a
reliable, robust, and cost-effective set of commercial services in which NASA
is one of many customers.
NASA’s Commercialization,
Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) Office has released a solicitation notice under
the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (Next STEP-2) Broad
Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek industry insights, innovative guidance,
and demonstrations in the following two (2) Study Areas:
- Lunar User Terminals
- Network Orchestration and
Management System (NOMS)
To support lunar surface
operations, NASA is seeking state-of-the-art industry studies, system
development, and demonstrations for a dual-purpose navigation and communication
lunar surface user terminal. The terminal must meet technical requirements
provided by the government to support lunar surface exploration plans and
ensure interoperability with developed LunaNet and Lunar Communications Relay
and Navigation System (LCRNS) standards. The requirements will be split
into separate LunaNet Augmented Forward Signal (AFS) navigation receiver
and communications transceiver capabilities. However, the
development of a combined communications and position, navigation, and timing
(CPNT) system capable of meeting the full suite of requirements is desired.
Additionally, NASA is seeking
innovative industry studies and demonstrations on advanced Network
Orchestration and Management Systems (NOMS) that effectively address NASA
technical requirements aimed at controlling and interfacing with a globally
distributed network of Satellite Ground Systems currently supporting the Near
Space Network (NSN).
The resulting studies will ensure advancement of NASA’s development of space communication and exploration technologies, capabilities, and concepts.
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