DRAFT RAPID III CORE SPACECRAFT

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DRAFT RAPID III CORE SPACECRAFT OPTIONS
Vendors Core Bus Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5
Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp BCP 2000 -
General Dynamics 300S Mission Operations
General Dynamics 300HP Mission Operations
Lockheed Martin LMx -
Northrop Grumman EAGLE-0 EAGLE-1 EAGLE-2
Orbital Sciences Corp LEOStar-2 -
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 150 Enhanced X-Band Txmr Antenna Pointing Mech Enhanced RWA Ground Station
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 300 Enhanced X-Band Txmr Antenna Pointing Mech Enhanced RWA Ground Station
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 600 High Speed Data Rcdr Enhanced X-Band Txmr Antenna Pointing Mech Enhanced Pointing Ground Station
Thales Alenia Space France Proteus -
Thales Alenia Space Italy Prima Prima - Small Prima - Advanced CDH Prima - High Agility
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DRAFT RAPID III CORE SPACECRAFT AND CAPABILITIES
SUMMARY
Vendors Core Spacecraft Spacecraft Delivery (Mos.) Spacecraft Lifetime (Yrs) Spacecraft Dry Mass (kg) Payload Mass (kg) Payload Power (W) Pointing Accuracy (Arcsec) Comm Sys Band System Redundancy
Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp BCP 2000 36 5 450 500 400 10.5 S, X Fully
General Dynamics 300S 26 2 265 65 125 360 S, X Selective
General Dynamics 300HP 30 5 1107 3115 775 360 S, Ku Selective
Lockheed Martin LMx 26 3 426 460 427 130 S Fully
Northrop Grumman EAGLE-0 22 1 471 86 100 360 S Selective
Orbital Sciences Corp LEOStar-2 32 5 938 500 850 48 S Fully
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 150 22 7 103 50 50 36 S Selective
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 300 28 7 218 150 140 360 S Selective
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC 600 28 4 429 200 386 605 S, X Selective
Thales Alenia Space France Proteus 20 5 261 300 300 72 S Selective
Thales Alenia Space Italy Prima 29 7 1032 1138 1100 36 S Selective
Overall Summary 13 -36 1 - 7 103-1107 50 - 3115 50 - 1100 10.5 - 605 S, X, Ku Selective, Fully
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RAPID II vs. RAPID III
RAPID II RAPID III
CONTRACT TYPE FAR Part 12 commercial acquisitions (streamlined), fewer procurement processes reporting FAR Part 15 normal procurement processes reporting
DELIVERY ORDER VARIATIONS Fixed Price only Fixed Price Fixed Price w/Performance Incentives
EARNED VALUE MGMT No Requirement (pre-EVM) Requirement waived by NASA for fixed-price contracts/delivery orders
NASA MAR - Mission Assurance Rqmts. GOLD RULES - Engineering Best Practices GEVS - GSFC Environmental Verification Specification MAR/Gold Rules/GEVS applied at delivery order level only MAR/Gold Rules/GEVS applied at master contract delivery order levels
REFUND/REPLACEMENT CLAUSE Yes . Vendors bought insurance to cover risk of loss. Delivery order price included cost of insurance. No. MAR (Govt Quality Assurance Program) serves as insurance. Govt assumes risk of loss.
MISSION-SPECIFIC NON-STANDARD SERVICES Launch vehicle services could be purchased by vendor No launch vehicle services in Rapid III Purchased separately by customer
CORE SPACECRAFT Must have successfully completed launch vehicle IT to get into catalog Must have successfully completed on-orbit checkout acceptance to get into catalog. Vendor must have 2 prior spacecraft developments thru on-orbit checkout Acceptance.