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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency\u2019s Near Space Network\u2019s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth.<\/p>\n
The work will be awarded under new Near Space Network<\/a> services contracts that are firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contracts. Project timelines span from February 2025 to September 2029, with an additional five-year option period that could extend a contract through Sept. 30, 2034. The cumulative maximum value of all Near Space Network Services contracts is $4.82 billion.<\/p>\n Some companies received multiple task orders for subcategories identified in their contracts. Awards are as follows:<\/p>\n The Near Space Network\u2019s direct-to-Earth capability supports many of NASA\u2019s missions ranging from climate studies on Earth to research on celestial objects. It also will play a role in NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign<\/a>, which calls for long-term exploration of the Moon.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s goal is to provide users with communication and navigation services that are secure, reliable, and affordable, so that all NASA users receive the services required by their mission within their latency, accuracy, and availability requirements.<\/p>\n These awards demonstrate NASA\u2019s ongoing commitment to fostering strong partnerships with the commercial space sector, which plays an essential role in delivering the communications infrastructure critical to the agency\u2019s science and exploration missions.<\/p>\n As part of the agency\u2019s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program, teams at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will carry out the work of the Near Space Network. The Near Space Network provides missions out to 1.2 million miles (2 million kilometers) with communications and navigation services, enabling spacecraft to exchange critical data with mission operators on Earth. Using space relays in geosynchronous orbit and a global system of government and commercial direct-to-Earth antennas on Earth, the network brings down terabytes of data each day.<\/p>\n Learn more about NASA\u2019s Near Space Network:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/near-space-network<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Joshua Finch Jeremy Eggers Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency\u2019s Near Space Network\u2019s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth. The work will be awarded under new Near Space Network services contracts that are firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contracts. Project timelines span from [\u2026] Continue reading \n
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