SaraniaSat™, Catalyst Accelerator Alumni, Wins NASA InVEST Contract $5.1 Million Over Three Years Awarded to Inaugural Cohort Company
Colorado Springs, Colo – Excitement recently prevailed at the Catalyst Campus and at SaraniaSat™ , a participant in the Catalyst Accelerator’s very first cohort, with the announcement that SaraniaSat™ has been awarded a contract by NASA for their Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) proposal.
Of the six companies that participated in the Catalyst Accelerator’s inaugural cohort, SaraniaSat™ is the first to win a much-coveted government contract.
SaraniaSat’s™ proposal, which can be examined in greater depth on NASA’s website here, was submitted in response to the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) Program 2017 ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) A.49 Solicitation NNH17ZDA001N. According to NASA’s website, 25 proposals were received and only three contracts were awarded, so Dr. George and SaraniaSat™ have good reason to be proud, especially given the total contract value, an impressive $5.1 million across three years.
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate selected the final proposals for the InVEST Program in support of the Earth Science Division (ESD). The proposals addressed problems stemming from the way the harsh space environment forces components and systems to operate under extreme conditions, meaning they cannot be fully tested while in Earth’s immediate environment. Instead, new technologies need to be validated in space prior to use in a science mission. The InVEST program is meant to fill that need. SaraniaSat’s™ novel HyTI technologies that will be space validated for the first time via LEO flight are:
- Hyperspectral Imager
- TIR Imager Focal Plane
- High-Performance Onboard Computing
