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Extension of the International Space Station beyond 2024 could create opportunities to add new commercial crew providers similar to how Sierra Nevada Corporation was added to ISS cargo delivery contracts.
Sierra Nevada Corporation selected United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan launch vehicle to send Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station starting in late 2021.
Sierra Nevada Corporation selected Vulcan to launch six Dream Chaser missions to the ISS under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract awarded by NASA in 2016.
Sierra Nevada Corporation originally planned to use ULA’s Atlas V for at least the initial Dream Chaser mission that was scheduled for late 2020.
United Launch Alliance and Sierra Nevada Corporation included an option to shift Dream Chaser launches to Atlas V if Vulcan experiences delays.
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s working relationship with United Launch Alliance dates back to plans under NASA’s commercial crew program to launch a crewed version of Dream Chaser on an Atlas V.
Sierra Nevada Corporation is developing the Dream Chaser vehicle and plans its first cargo mission to the ISS in 2021.
Other PPE bids ranged from $565,900,000 by Northrop Grumman to $768,800,000 by Sierra Nevada Corporation.
NASA awarded study contracts in November 2017 to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems), Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and Space Systems Loral (now Maxar).
Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with an unnamed partner to develop the habitat’s artificial intelligence system.
ILC Dover collaborated with Sierra Nevada Corp. to produce the habitat’s durable fabric for the inflatable structure.
Orbital Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corp., built the Veggie produce-growing system used on the International Space Station.
Sierra Nevada Corp. is one of six companies working under NASA NextSTEP contracts to produce habitat designs or prototypes.
In September, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, working with NASA Ames Research Center’s small spacecraft prototyping office, awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation a $119,000,000 contract to develop a satellite to gather cloud and theater imagery until the service finds a long-term solution.
Completion of Integrated Review 4 cleared Sierra Nevada Corporation to move into assembly of the Dream Chaser vehicle that will deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
Sierra Nevada Corporation completed the Integrated Review 4 milestone in its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract on 2018-12-18.
Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX, and Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) received Commercial Resupply Services 2 contracts from NASA in January 2016.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation a $119,000,000 contract on 2018-09-18 to develop a weather satellite for the ORS-8 program.
Maxar Technologies’ SSL, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems were selected to compete for future small satellite development contracts that could be worth up to $750,000,000.
Sierra Nevada Corporation lacks experience building large numbers of geostationary-orbit (GEO) satellite buses and instead has experience building smaller LEO satellites including the second-generation Orbcomm constellation.