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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC19C0041_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ESCAPE AND PLASMA ACCELERATION AND DYNAMICS EXPLORERS (ESCAPADE) MISSION -.PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds Phase A concept study for ESCAPADE mission to explore solar wind interaction with planetary magnetospheres.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-sciencemission-concept-studyplasma-physics
Why this matters

ESCAPADE advances understanding of space plasma dynamics critical for protecting satellites and space infrastructure from solar events.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized spacecraft components, plasma instruments, and aerospace engineering expertise from UC system and contractors.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in space science missions maintains technological leadership in space exploration and magnetospheric research capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002130.

Period of performance
Start
2019-08-21
End
2026-08-31
Status
activein 106 days
Recipient
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE
UEI GS3YEVSS12N6
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