The six-month Phase I effort will concentrate on mission design and planning for integrating the radar payload with LizzieSat to deliver space domain awareness data services aimed at tracking orbital debris down to centimeter-scale objects.

Under the 173,000 dollar NASA SBIR award, MobLobSpace will design and mature an adaptive electronically scanned array radar as part of NASA's Space Sustainability Strategy activities. Sidus Space will define the host spacecraft requirements, including power provision and Guidance Navigation and Control interfaces, to enable radar payload accommodation on LizzieSat.

"Partnering with MobLobSpace to host advanced radar technology aboard LizzieSat represents a significant step toward improving space situational awareness and mitigating collision risks," said Carol Craig, CEO of Sidus Space.

"This collaboration positions Sidus to deliver scalable, commercially viable solutions that support the long-term sustainability of space operations." said Carol Craig.

In addition to the radar design study, Sidus Space has received a Technical and Business Assistance award to analyze how a future space domain awareness data service based on the LizzieSat-hosted radar could be scaled. The study will examine the number of satellite nodes required in orbit to provide broad coverage and will assess constellation deployment options to address growing demand for orbital debris monitoring.

"Hosting an adaptive radar in orbit demands precise power and GNC integration," said Charlton Shackleton, Co-Founder of MobLobSpace. "LizzieSat's design provides the flexibility needed to support this capability."

The work is intended to link LizzieSat's configurable satellite bus with MobLobSpace's radar development to provide data that can support collision avoidance planning and spacecraft asset protection in increasingly congested orbital regions.

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