AeroAstro Finishes Design Review for STP-SIV Program

June 11, 2007 - Space News

AeroAstro, Inc. has successfully completed its preliminary design review for a U.S. Air Force satellite program, the company said in a June 4 press release.

AeroAstro, along with Broad Reach Engineering of Tempe, Ariz., is a subcontractor for the Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV), a more flexible and lower cost small satellite capable of being launched aboard many different types of rockets.

Prime contractor Ball Aerospace and Technologies of Boulder, Colo., was awarded a base contract of $26 million from U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in 2006. The contract contains an option for a total of six satellites.

AeroAstro is responsible for providing satellite integration, launch, mission operation support and the satellite's platform, or bus, which is based on the AeroAstro STP-Sat satellite bus.

AeroAstro provided the analytical results of all bus subsystems for the STP-SIV during the three-day review February 27-March 1 at its headquarters in Ashburn, Va., the release said.

The first STP-SIV is scheduled to host an experimental sensor and launch in 2009.

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