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NASA SBIR Contributions to the AURA Mission

• Composite Optics Provided light weight, large aperture reflector of graphite reinforced composite material with high surface accuracy for the MLS
• DeMaria Electrooptics Under a $6.5 million contract with JPL, the company provided a terahertz radiometer for the MLS
• Spaceborne The company supplied two correlator chips that make the analog to digital signal conversion and clean up the signal received by MLS
• Seaspace Corporation Developed low cost system that makes it possible for universities and other purchasers to receive the data transmissions from AURA