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Tim Cole: Maxar Completes Systems Requirements Review of Lunar Gateway“™s Propulsion Element

Tim Cole: Maxar Completes Systems Requirements Review of Lunar Gateway“™s Propulsion Element - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Tim Cole: Maxar Completes Systems Requirements Review of Lunar Gateway“™s Propulsion Element

Tim Cole, program manager for the power and propulsion element at Maxar Technologies, said in an interview published Monday that the company wrapped up the two-day systems requirements review of the PPE at its Palo Alto, Calif.-based facility to assess and document the platform“™s technical requirements.

Maxar received a potential $375M contract in May to build the propulsion component for NASA“™s proposed lunar Gateway and Cole said the company will now move the element to Phase 0 system safety review in November and conduct a preliminary design review in February.

He noted that PPE will leverage a modified version of the company“™s 1300-class spacecraft platform, which will feature the Roll Out Solar Array system, refueling interfaces, communications network and high-power electric propulsion subsystems.

Cole added that the propulsion element “will serve as a foundation for a major space transportation capability, supporting future missions to Mars.“

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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