# GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: T21/0009 CubeSat Hardware and Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Northumbria University](/buyers/northumbria-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Solar Space EOOD
- Award value: £130,000
- Tender value: £130,000
- Award date: 15 November 2021
- Published: 19 November 2021
- Contract start: 22 November 2021
- Contract end: 30 April 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 8525058a-3b39-4380-b13e-7ba651cbfdcc-487174
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8dbfad6e-cdaa-477a-9b7b-60763ebe03b4

## Description

The space communications sector is currently booming with the emergence of low cost, short-turnaround and high production rate satellites, such as CubeSats, small-sats and low earth orbit \(LEO\) constellations\. Here we explicitly refer to the CubeSat technology although much of what we propose could be applied to all forms of small-satellite platforms\. One significant drawback for CubeSats is that they are not currently applicable for data intensive applications, spanning from commercial telecommunications to remote sensing science missions \(Earth observation, solar/terrestrial and astrophysics\)\. We are seeking a supplier who can provide us with expert knowledge of the thermal and mechanical environment of CubeSats in low Earth polar Sun-synchronous orbits, as well as the listed 3U CubeSat hardware, so that we can incorporate and lab demonstrate \(TRL-7\) a prototype system for 1 Gbps FSO-based CubeSat-to-CubeSat \(C2C\) communications\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8525058a-3b39-4380-b13e-7ba651cbfdcc-487174)