Sept 23, 2010

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C45-10

NASA AWARDS POLY PICOSATELLITE ORBITAL DEPLOYERS CONTRACT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA has announced the award of the Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers, or P-POD, service contract to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif This new contract is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity award for five years with a maximum cumulative potential value of $5 million The award will provide a broad range of P-POD services for NASA's CubeSat program

CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh less than 2 2 pounds

NASA has adapted the P-POD system for a series of small university-class, student-built satellite missions as part of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program This is intended to advance the objectives of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs within educational institutions

The first launch is planned aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif , in October 2011, on a mission to launch a polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite

NASA's Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for management of the P-POD contract

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