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The ROSES 2017 Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) Program Appendix C.21 | |
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The Planetary Science Division plans to offer the Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) as program element C.21 of ROSES-2017. Final text will be provided via an amendment released at least 90 days prior to the due date for Step-2 proposals. | |
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This solicitation supports the formulation and development of science investigations that require a spaceflight mission that can be accomplished using small spacecraft. All proposed investigations must be responsive to the goals of the Planetary Science Division, as described in the 2014 NASA Science Plan. All proposals must include a science investigation that will return and publicly archive usable scientific data and result in the publication of results in refereed scientific journals. | |
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Proposed investigations may target any body in the Solar System except for the Earth and Sun. Investigations of extra-solar planets are not solicited in this program element. | |
Mission data are available from the Planetary Data System (PDS). | |
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Step 1 Proposal Due Date |   | Step 2 Proposal Due Date |
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CubeSats are small satellites built from a set of standardized subunits that each measure 10x10x10 cm and weight 1.33 kg (designated '1U'). Common configurations include 1U, 2U, 3U, and 6U (2Ux3U) satellites, deployers for all of which are commercially available. Proposals to this program element may propose to use 1U, 2U, 3U, and 6U form factors. Larger satellites and hosted payloads are not solicited at this time. This program element encourages, but does not require, the submission of CubeSat investigations that operate in interplanetary space and would, therefore, meet more demanding engineering and environmental requirements than has been experienced by previous CubeSats. |   |
For further information about the SIMPLEx Program contact: | |
Doris Daou of the Planetary Science Division - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | |
Telephone: 202-358-1686 | |
Email: Doris.Daou-1@nasa.gov |
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