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Mission Architecture refinement study

Published
Published 31 March 2026

Overview

The University of Portsmouth has procured a mission refinement study to support the continued development of the CosmoCube space mission. This requirement comprises specialist spacecraft platform engineering and system level design services including detailed mission trade off studies, finalisation of platform-payload interface definitions and refinement of key spacecraft subsystems. The work builds directly on prior UK Space Agency funded design phases and is essential to progress the mission to its next stage of development.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Contract signed
Procedure
Direct
Published
31 March 2026

Award outcome

Awarded value
£41,666
Award date
2 March 2026
Winner
  • Surrey Satellite Technology Limited

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    31 March 2026

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Contracting authority

  • University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

    Buyer

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PWYV-2655-NPMQ

    Authority website ↗

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