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$412,393,152

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS MDE

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2005 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2005-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNN05AA02C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MADRID DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX.

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

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In plain English

Funds operation and maintenance of NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex, a key facility for interplanetary spacecraft tracking and data relay.

Sub-sectors
space-communicationsm&o-contractdeep-space-network
Why this matters

The Madrid complex is one of three global Deep Space Network sites essential for NASA's Mars rovers, outer-planet missions, and international space exploration coordination.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains Spanish aerospace infrastructure and technical workforce supporting U.S. space missions; relies on specialized RF equipment, antenna systems, and ground-station operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

Deep Space Network facilities underpin U.S. leadership in deep-space exploration and planetary science; China is building competing lunar and Mars communication infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-05. Cost: $0.002996.

Period of performance
Start
2005-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 112 days
Sources

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