1. TEMPO’s Commercially Hosted Payload Concept
NASA buys
access to space services
Commercial GEO
Satellite Owners
NASA buys operations and data services
Commercial space operations
and ground data services
TEMPO
Hosted Payload
Customized Commercial Spacecraft
Commercial Launch Vehicle
Prime Contract with commercial vendors is Fixed Price
I&T, launch services, Ops and data services part of the same prime contract
Contract template can also work if prime contractor is spacecraft manufacturer
Owner buys
Owner
buys
Technical data flow
Technical data flow
5/21/13

2. We expect to have a Host Spacecraft vendor on contract mid 2018
TEMPO Mission Update
The Request for Proposal for a TEMPO Host Spacecraft will be released as soon as the instrument is fully integrated (~Nov of this year)
We expect to have a Host Spacecraft vendor on contract mid 2018
Launch date and orbit location are the two most critical criteria for our source selection (besides cost)
Actual launch date will be determined by the winning contractor
4/10/17