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Spacecraft Cabin Particulate Monitor

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX08CD27P
Agency Tracking Number: 074344
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: X3.03
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-02-07
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-08-06
Small Business Information
45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
United States
DUNS: 030817290
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Andrew Freedman
 Principal Investigator
 (978) 663-9500
 af@aerodyne.com
Business Contact
 Andrew Freedman
Title: Business Official
Phone: (978) 663-9500
Email: af@aerodyne.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

We propose to design, build and test an optical extinction monitor for the detection of spacecraft cabin particulates. This monitor will be sensitive to particle sizes ranging from a few nanometer to tens of micrometers in diameter. Designed to utilize commercial off-the-shelf components, the monitor, once calibrated, will require no recalibration and only periodic baseline determinations, a process which can be automated as part of the operation of the instrument. It employs no consumables. This monitor employs cavity attenuation phase shift technology and involves the use a light emitting diode coupled to a low-loss optical cavity. The Phase I project will involve a proof-of-principle demonstration followed by the monitoring of ambient particulates in an urban area.

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