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NOAA Awards Slingshot Aerospace Small Contract For Space Traffic User Interface

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

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NOAA Awards Slingshot Aerospace Small Contract For Space Traffic User Interface

TraCSS logo by NOAA's Office of Space Commerce

Slingshot Aerospace on Monday received a potential $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to develop the user interface for a new space traffic coordination system that will used by satellite operators worldwide and provide them with notifications of potential in-space collisions. The award for the presentation layer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) has a $5.3 million one-year development period and four one-year options. The presentation layer is the website for the new…

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