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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2000 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2000-05-03·LATEST ACTION2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_GSFC0200005DNAS500147_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

GAMMA RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPE (GLAST). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING NASA REVIEWS&DIRECTED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, OBSERVATION PLANNING, MISSION SCHEDULING, SATELLITE OPERATIONS, SCIENCE DATA PROCESSING SUPPORT, SPACECRAFT HEALTH/SAFETY/PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE SUPPORT ANALYSIS, FLIGHT/GROUND SYSTEM&SOFTWARE, AND ANOMALY RESOLUTION&ANALYSIS.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the 26-year Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission supporting spacecraft operations, data processing, and science analysis.

Sub-sectors
space-telescope-operationsnasa-science-missionongoing-m&o-contract
Why this matters

Fermi remains a critical asset for gamma-ray astronomy and multi-messenger astrophysics; Stanford's role ensures continuity of a flagship NASA science mission.

Supply-chain signal

Sustained funding for mission operations supports a network of ground stations, data centers, and scientific software infrastructure across U.S. institutions.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. leadership in space-based gamma-ray astronomy; no direct Chinese equivalent operational at this capability level.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-25. Cost: $0.003120.

Period of performance
Start
2000-05-03
End
2027-03-01
Status
activein 231 days
Sources

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