Published date: 3 November 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 December 2023, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Satellites - 34712200

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£108,000

Procurement reference

BIP818545522

Published date

3 November 2023

Closing date

5 December 2023

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

8 January 2024

Contract end date

30 December 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University is completing the build of three 6U CubeSats as part of a technology demonstration mission funded by the UK Space Agency. This mission will see the launch of two 6U CubeSats into a sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbit (expected 450 km altitude) in 2026/7. The third 6U CubeSat is our reference model. The payload being developed for assembly integration and testing within the 6U CubeSat bus is a 2U laser communications terminal. The mission goal will be to demonstrate inter-satellite laser optical communications across a range of link lengths up to 1000 km and at least 1 Gbps data transfer rates between the 6U CubeSats. There will be a requirement for a number of ground-passes for frequent data downlink of the experimental results log files and the mission is anticipated to last for 1 year, including a deorbit final stage.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Alex Lyubych

Address

Sutherland Building
College Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK

Telephone

+447936036553

Email

alex.lyubych@northumbria.ac.uk