Opportunity timeline

PostedAug 11, 2026
DeadlineAug 11, 2027

In plain English

NASA is seeking companies interested in licensing a spacecraft trajectory method that transfers a maneuverable secondary payload from geosynchronous transfer orbit to lunar orbit. License rights may be exclusive or nonexclusive, NASA provides no funding, and the transfer can take less than three months. Interested companies should submit a license application through NASA’s ATLAS system; no follow-on purchase is expected.

About this opportunity

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: This novel innovation from Ames Research Center allows spacecraft to share rides with larger spacecraft which are headed to Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). The secondary spacecraft is dropped off Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) at any time during the day or year and will subsequently enter lunar orbit, with no constraint…

Time remaining

Closes Aug 11, 2027

331Days
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13Hours
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02Min
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33Sec

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BS-81BE69