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Vendors Core Bus Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

BCP 2000 -

General Dynamics

300S Mission Operations

300HP Mission Operations

Lockheed Martin LMx -

Northrop Grumman

EAGLE-0 EAGLE-1 EAGLE-2

Orbital Sciences Corp

LEOStar-2 -

Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC

150Enhanced

X-Band TxmrAntenna Pointing

MechEnhanced RWA Ground Station

300Enhanced

X-Band TxmrAntenna Pointing

MechEnhanced RWA Ground Station

600High Speed Data

RcdrEnhanced

X-Band TxmrAntenna Pointing

MechEnhanced Pointing Ground Station

Thales Alenia Space France

Proteus -

Thales Alenia Space Italy

Prima Prima - SmallPrima - Advanced

C&DHPrima - High Agility

DRAFT RAPID III CORE SPACECRAFT & OPTIONS

Vendors Core Spacecraft

Spacecraft Delivery (Mos.)

Spacecraft Lifetime

(Yrs)

Spacecraft Dry Mass

(kg)

Payload Mass (kg)

Payload Power

(W)

Pointing Accuracy(Arcsec)

Comm Sys

Band

System Redundancy

Ball Aerospace & Technologies

CorpBCP 2000 36 5 450 500 400 10.5 S, X Fully

General Dynamics

300S 26 2 265 65 125 360 S, X Selective

300HP 30 5 1107 3115 775 360 S, Ku Selective

Lockheed Martin LMx 26 3 426 460 427 130 S Fully

Northrop Grumman EAGLE-0 22 1 471 86 100 360 S Selective

Orbital Sciences Corp LEOStar-2 32 5 938 500 850 48 S Fully

Surrey Satellite Technology US

LLC

150 22 7 103 50 50 36 S Selective

300 28 7 218 150 140 360 S Selective

600 28 4 429 200 386 605 S, X Selective

Thales Alenia Space France Proteus 20 5 261 300 300 72 S Selective

Thales Alenia Space Italy

Prima 29 7 1032 1138 1100 36 S Selective

Overall Summary

13 -36 1 - 7 103-1107 50 - 3115 50 - 1100 10.5 - 605 S, X, KuSelective,

Fully

DRAFT RAPID III CORE SPACECRAFT AND CAPABILITIES SUMMARY

RAPID II RAPID III

CONTRACT TYPEFAR Part 12 – commercial acquisitions (streamlined), fewer procurement processes & reporting

FAR Part 15 – normal procurement processes & reporting

DELIVERY ORDER VARIATIONSFixed Price only Fixed Price & Fixed Price w/Performance

Incentives

EARNED VALUE MGMTNo Requirement (pre-EVM) Requirement waived by NASA for fixed-

price contracts/delivery orders

NASA MAR - Mission Assurance Rqmts.GOLD RULES - Engineering Best PracticesGEVS - GSFC Environmental Verification Specification

MAR/Gold Rules/GEVS applied at delivery order level only

MAR/Gold Rules/GEVS applied at master contract & delivery order levels

REFUND/REPLACEMENT CLAUSE

Yes . Vendors bought insurance to cover risk of loss. Delivery order price included cost of insurance.

No. MAR (Gov’t Quality Assurance Program) serves as insurance. Gov’t assumes risk of loss.

MISSION-SPECIFIC NON-STANDARD SERVICES

Launch vehicle services – could be purchased by vendor

No launch vehicle services in Rapid III ; Purchased separately by customer

CORE SPACECRAFT

Must have successfully completed launch vehicle I&T to get into catalog

Must have successfully completed on-orbit checkout & acceptance to get into catalog. Vendor must have 2 prior spacecraft developments thru on-orbit checkout & Acceptance.

RAPID II vs. RAPID III