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The Small NASA Optical Ultraviolet Telescope (SNOUT) mission is currently pre-Phase A. This phase ends with a proposal due March 2023. If the proposal is selected for implementation, the mission will ... The Small NASA Optical Ultraviolet Telescope (SNOUT) mission is currently pre-Phase A. This phase ends with a proposal due March 2023. If the proposal is selected for implementation, the mission will proceed into implementation compliant with NASA NPR 7120.8. The following schedule should be used as a basis for responses to this request: Request for Information released October 3, 2022 Responses due October 28, 2022 Phase A Start Date October 1, 2023 Spacecraft Start Date Expected ~ July 31, 2024 Instrument Delivery for I&T Expected ~ February 1, 2026 Launch Readiness Date Expected NLT November 14, 2027 The SNOUT mission is targeting a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) ESPA or ESPA Grande class spacecraft with an expected lifetime of one year. The instrument design is underway and able to be configured to meet available size, data, and power requirements derived from this RFI with a trade study to be performed by the mission team. The instrument is self-contained and requires a minimum volume of 14”x17”x17” where a 14”x17” side is the aperture of the telescope requiring direct access to space. Minimally the spacecraft shall support more than 10Mbps data rate from the instrument with a power draw of 50W during operations. The instrument is to be pointed within 8 arcseconds of a variety of targets with the ability to have the instrument operational for a minimum of two hours during eclipse. If target always visible in orbit, ideal would be to maintain pointing on target. Integration and operations will be supported by the mission instrument team and science operations center. Additional standard NASA requirements on the spacecraft have been captured in the 2021 Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Rideshare Users Guide (RUG) with Do No Harm (DNH)[1]. NASA will use responses to this RFP to evaluate commercial interest in providing a spacecraft bus, instrument integration, and operational support for SNOUT and may use the responses to inform future requests for proposals. [1] https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/2021APMIDEX/pdf_files/SMD%20SPA%20RUG%20with%20DNH_APD_MIDEX_Final_20211015.pdf REV A - Changes the submisison procedures to submitting responses via email to John P. Lucas directly at John.P.Lucas@nasa.gov.