Dec. 20, 2024 CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-047 NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s
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 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. Some companies received multiple task orders for subcategories identified in their contracts. Awards are as follows:
The Near Space Network’s direct-to-Earth capability supports many of NASA’s missions ranging from climate studies on Earth to research on celestial objects. It also will play a role in NASA’s
Artemis campaign, which calls for long-term exploration of the Moon.
NASA’s 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. These awards demonstrate NASA’s 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’s science and exploration missions. As part of the agency’s SCaN
(Space Communications and Navigation)
Program, teams at NASA’s 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. Learn more about NASA’s Near Space Network: https://www.nasa.gov/near-space-network/
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