
MAI-1/2U-ADACS (Attitude Determination and Control System) for CubeSatsAward last edited on: 10/12/2011
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : AFTotal Award Amount
$99,591Award Phase
1Solicitation Topic Code
AF103-083Principal Investigator
George SebestyenCompany Information
Adcole Maryland Aerospace (AKA: Maryland Aerospace Inc~IMI~Applied Systems Engineering Inc~IntelliTech Microsystems Inc~MAI)
2138 Priest Bridge Court Suite 3
Crofton, MD 21114
Crofton, MD 21114
(410) 451-2505 |
discover@adcolemai.com |
www.adcolemai.com |
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 04
County: Anne Arundel
Congr. District: 04
County: Anne Arundel
Phase I
Contract Number: FA9453-11-M-0080Start Date: 2/23/2011 Completed: 00/00/00
Phase I year
2011Phase I Amount
$99,591Benefit:
The MAI-½U-ADACS will provide the ever larger CubeSat community a robust, easy to integrate and very small ADACS of 0.1-0.2º attitude control capability. With this capability (and an affordable price) CubeSats will be able to realize the potential seen for them, as a low cost but very capable platform for space experimenters. Under a DARPA SBIR contract we developed the MAI-100 1U ADACS for CubeSats. The MAI-100 enabled a number of nanosatellite applications not previously possible. However, the MAI 1/2U ADACS will halve the volume, more than quadruple the attitude control accuracy and reduce the power consumption of the MAI-100, making it highly desirable as the ADACS of choice for the CubeSat community. The MAI-100 has been a marketing success, having sold in a year over 22 systems. Since that time the CubeSat community has exhibited substantial growth, now achieving about 50 satellites per year. We expect that our commercialization program will capture the lions share of this market, making this SBIR program pay off handsomely for the Air Force and for the commercial space community.
Keywords:
Cubesat, Nanosat, Attitude Determination And Control System, Mai-1/2u-Adacs
Phase II
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: 00/00/00 Completed: 00/00/00