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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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aerospaceexpiring · 42d· period of performance ends in 42 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2006 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2006-12-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNM07AB07C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

SOLAR B X RAY TELESCOPE PHASE E

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Development of Solar B X-ray telescope instrumentation for space-based solar observation and research.

Sub-sectors
space-based-astronomyx-ray-telescopenasa-research
Why this matters

X-ray solar telescopes advance understanding of solar dynamics and space weather prediction critical to satellite and infrastructure protection.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized optical coatings, detector technologies, and precision aerospace manufacturing for space-qualified instruments.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. maintains leadership in advanced space-based solar observation capabilities; China developing competing solar missions.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002105.

Period of performance
Start
2006-12-01
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 42din 42 days
Sources

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