The award, which covers three years under the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity structure, pre-qualifies OSC satellites for mission selection under the space agency's Rapid Spacecraft Development initiative.

Approved for use under the award are OSC's PicoStar, MicroStar, PegaStar, LEOStar, and FUSE satellite bus designs. The StarBus system, which can support small satellite flights to medium and geostationary orbits, was also added to the pre-approved list Monday.

The OSC satellite designs join Ball Aerospace of Boulder, Colo. as elements of the Rapid Spacecraft catalog. Late last year, NASA chose Ball to build the first RS project, the ocean wind research satellite Quickscat, planned for launch aboard a retired Air Force Titan II ballistic missile in November 1998. In addition to OSC and Ball satellite designs, NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, Calif., Space Systems L oral, Palo Alto, Calif., Spectrum Astro Gilbert, AZ., Swales Aerospace Beltsville, MD., and TRW, Inc, of Redondo Beach, Calif. to participate in the RSD initiative.

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