At Princeton Satellite Systems, we love a good research project! You can see from our blog posts and products that our interests range from interplanetary space missions to student-built CubeSats, iPhone apps to homegrown solar power systems. All of our research contracts utilize our commercial software products, and we integrate our results back into our software. Use the R&D menu to see posts associated with some of our ongoing projects, including Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) and attitude control systems.
Past Phase II SBIR and STTRs:
- Superconducting Coils for Small Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engines, NASA (2017)
- Precision ACS, Army (2015)
- Reconfigurable Satellite Planning Tool, Navy (2010)
- Space Threat Detection, Air Force (2010, 2011)
- Multiple Missile Interceptors, Missile Defense Agency (2008)
- Autonomous Optical Navigation, NASA (2007)
- ACS Simulation and Training Tool, Air Force (2003)
- Decentralized Framework for Formation Flying, NASA (2003)
- Autonomous Satellite Servicing, Air Force (2002)
- TEAMAgent, Air Force (1999)
- ObjectAgent, Air Force (1998)
Other major research/development contracts:
- ARPA-E GAMOW (2021) and OPEN (2018)
- Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter, NASA NIAC (2016)
- VisualCommander Architecture for Technical Assessment, Air Force (2009)
- PRISMA Cooperative Research, Swedish Space Corporation (2005)
- Indostar/BSat ACS, Orbital Sciences (1996)