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Back to Company SearchBlue Canyon Technologies Inc.
UEI: NTGEJRVEFK99
Number of Employees: 40
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
SBIR/STTR Involvement
Year of first award: 2009
5
Phase I Awards
7
Phase II Awards
140%
Conversion Rate
$523,306
Phase I Dollars
$8,124,570
Phase II Dollars
$8,647,876
Total Awarded
Awards
Flexible Solar Arrays for Small Spacecraft Buses
Amount: $746,476 Topic: AF191-071
Blue Canyon Technologies proposes to extend small spacecraft utility by designing and developing high-voltage, high-power solar array bus regulator componentry so that current microsat power architectures can take advantage of power systems in the 1000-2000 watt power range. This effort includes holistic critical system design, box-level system design, and mechanical accommodation for a flight-ready 2000 watt-class solar array. An engineering development unit bus regulator will be designed, built, and tested. A flight mechanical interface will be designed, built and tested. Performance of the electrical and mechanical systems will be analyzed and tested.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2021
DOD
USAF
Rapid CubeSat Development
Amount: $74,830 Topic: AF191-007
BCT is proposing a re-configuration of its high performing CubeSat architecture, to be optimized for schedule, with the goal of a 4 month CubeSat. This CubeSat will maintain BCT's excellent star tracker-based attitude control system and other high performing subsystems such that it meets the needs of 90% of likely projects.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2019
DOD
USAF
ESPA Based Satellite Bus
Amount: $1,476,842 Topic: AF083-216
The objective of this research is to develop and demonstrate a small satellite bus that can operate effectively for up to 3 years in any Earth orbital regime and has flexible support for a broad range of payloads. This effort covers the build and deliver segment of the project. The satellite will package for launch in a volume that is compatible with common rideshare launch such as the EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) and provide support for a suitable propulsion system and a government payload.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2019
DOD
USAF
Flexible Solar Arrays for Small Spacecraft Buses
Amount: $148,838 Topic: AF191-071
An increasing number of small satellite customers (Government and commercial) are planning projects that will require increasing amounts of power (1-3 KW) on a spacecraft that will be accommodated on variety of launch platforms. These advanced solar arrays must be large enough to collect 1-3 KW, yet stow into a compact volume, fit well with other spacecraft systems, and allow for tight integration with multiple spacecraft on the launch vehicle. As mission and power requirements can be highly variable, it is important that the solar array can be scalable to different physical sizes and power outputs. This project will provide a significant benefit for future customers as it will enable the design of a high-power solar array that can be easily integrated within the spacecraft, will work well with payloads, and will support DOD and commercial users. The performance goals of this SBIR that BCT will be targeting are 200W/Kg, a stowed volume of 30kW/m3, with a cost target that is significantly lower than $1000/W. The expected orbits include LEO, MEO, GEO with a lifetime of 5 years following a 5-year storage period.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2019
DOD
USAF
Spacecraft Integrated-Power and Attitude-Control System
Amount: $1,498,130 Topic: AF103-102
The objective of this research is the development and demonstration of a small satellite bus that can operate effectively for up to 3 years in any Earth orbital regime. The satellite must package for launch in a volume that is compatible with common rideshare launch such as the EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) and provide support for a suitable electric propulsion system and a government payload for the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) or related missions.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2018
DOD
USAF
Spacecraft Integrated-Power and Attitude-Control System
Amount: $1,448,722 Topic: AF103-102
Extend previous work on this SBIR to perform requirements development, satellite design and analysis, radiation testing, and spacecraft bus engineering module procurement and manufacturing. Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) is excited about this follow-on opportunity to continue the work of our previous SBIR efforts, by supporting AFRL in the design and development of a prototype Bus. BCT is uniquely positioned to support AFRLs Micro-Satellite Bus efforts. Our production line philosophy, technical performance, and turn-key services are a natural match for the effort. We have demonstrated high production manufacturing capability for our ADCS products (reaction wheels, star trackers torque rods, control electronics) and are currently leveraging the same production line philosophy for our XB line of nano spacecraft. We have over 15 spacecraft in development for a range of NASA, commercial, University, and defense customers. In addition, we are providing payload integration, launch vehicle integration, and mission operations for multiple spacecraft, including various regulatory aspects as well.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2017
DOD
USAF
Small Satellite System for Space Surveillance
Amount: $1,456,554 Topic: AF163-D001
BCTs objective is to develop a low earth orbit spacecraft bus suitable for incorporation of an instrument that is capable of detecting and locating near-GEO (geo-synchronous orbit) space objects of apparent visible magnitude 16 Mv or brighter. BCTs technical approach is to leverage our existing Nanosatellite Bus and its XB1 avionics, that are currently being produced for multiple missions, and incorporate features of our FlexCore attitude determination and control system (ADCS) in order to meet the specific mission requirements. The XB1 avionics is a complete miniaturized avionics package for nanosatellites, which includes ADCS, C&DH, EPS, and RF-comm. The BCT FlexCore is an ADCS package that includes larger external reaction wheels and torque rods to support much larger spacecraft, and separate stand-alone star trackers for optimal orientation; By merging the FlexCore with the XB1, we create the FlexBus avionics, which can support a wide range of small satellites, by fitting into a variety of structural configurations, due to its compact size. The BCT spacecraft bus in combination with a program specific instrument shall serve as a pathfinder in assessing the feasibility and affordability of developing a low cost constellation for routine and frequent updates to the GEO catalog.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2017
DOD
USAF
Spacecraft Integrated-Power and Attitude-Control System
Amount: $748,248 Topic: AF103-102
ABSTRACT: This project is developing Integrated Power and Attitude Control System (IPACS) to support 15-year Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) space missions, be capable of supplying a minimum of 1 KW of useable power, provide three-axis stabilization, and operate over a temperature range between -40 and +80 Centigrade. Additional goals include Total Dose tolerance>1 Mrad (Si), Single Event Upset immunity>60 MeV Blue Canyon Technologies will continue the development of the prototype design from Phase I to meet the full functional requirements, including the capability to provide 1kW of power for a GEO spacecraft. We will build and test a full capability Engineering Development Unit (EDU) IPACS. This EDU will be environmentally tested to achieve TRL-6. BENEFIT: This innovative solution offers spacecraft developers the opportunity to reduce system costs, reduce spacecraft mass and greatly extend the mission life. In addition, IPACS is capable of providing extremely high pulse power, much higher than comparable size and mass batteries can provide.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2012
DOD
USAF
Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) for CubeSats
Amount: $749,598 Topic: AF103-083
ABSTRACT: To overcome the limited Attitude Determination and Control performance of current Cubesats:"Design, develop, and fabricate an all-in-one, packaged ADCS prototype unit to provide a pointing accuracy of 0.2degrees, or better, for a 3U cubesat with maximum mass of 8 kg, within half of a 1U volume."During Phase I we implemented a design with a focus on achieving the highest pointing accuracy possible with a Star Camera based ADCS solution. Our main goal during Phase I was to show that a Star Camera attitude solution can achieve the pointing accuracy required by this topic. During this Phase I we not only showed that our solution can achieve the pointing accuracy required, but that XACT can surpass this goal by a wide margin. The Blue Canyon Technologies solution provides a reliable, high-performance design compatible with a variety of cubesat configurations. The BCT XACT architecture leverages a powerful processing core with BCT"s micro-Reaction Wheel Assemblies to enable a new generation of highly capable, miniaturized spacecraft. Features include the following: Precise attitude control & knowledge Complete ADCS in a Micro & #8208;package (0.5U) Low jitter micro-reaction wheel design User friendly software for simulation, integration, and customization BENEFIT: Pointing performance is the key to the commercial potential of XACT. The cubesat market has been largely dominated by low-cost and low-performance components that can be used for a limited set of missions. This product will enable cubesats to point with much higher accuracy than any available cubesat attitude control system, and this will allow for a much larger number of mission possibilities. BCT believes that the market potential for cubesats will grow with this corresponding growth in missions. XACT will be ahead of the competition due to this Phase II investment from AFRL, and will be the leader in the market for high-performance cubesat missions. The market size for microsatellites is expected to be $1.5 billion by 2018 according to Business 2.0 marketing estimates, and BCT believes that a large majority of this market can be captured by cubesats if their performance can be increased.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2012
DOD
USAF
Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) for CubeSats
Amount: $99,977 Topic: AF103-083
ABSTRACT: To overcome the limited Attitude Determination and Control performance of current Cubesats, Blue Canyon Technologies proposes a reliable, high performance design compatible with a variety of cubesat configurations. The BCT FleXible ADCS Cubesat Technology (XACT) architecture leverages a powerful processing core with BCT"s micro-CMG or micro-Reaction Wheel Assemblies to enable a new generation of highly capable, miniaturized spacecraft. As the capacity and speed of modern field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) continue to increase, the number of system functions that can reside within the device are also increasing. The notion of a system on a chip or SOC is now a reality. In this particular application, the SOC is the fleXible ADCS Cubesat Technology (XACT). In order to achieve the topic"s pointing goals within the 1/2 of 1U volume, we are integrating major pieces of the ADC system into a high performance programmable chip. These include star camera image processing and star field solutions, GPS software radio, the BCT PureDriveTM attitude control motor drive, the attitude solution and control processing, and multiple processing cores per chip for asynchronous ADCS function processing. BENEFIT: The Cubesat market is quickly growing. The established area of the market has been focused on the educational benefits of Cubesat design and development. With higher performance, and higher reliability components, Cubesat have the potential for making inroads into the greater than $3 Billion dollar satellite market. In order to take advantage of this market, established contractors must begin to see a match between their desire for a low cost, reliable, and high performance approach and the CubeSat being proposed. The BCT XACT solution will be the first solution that offers the kind of results that contractors need.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2011
DOD
USAF