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$40,064,053

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to KINETX INC

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2013 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2013-06-01·LATEST ACTION2026-02-13·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNG13FC02C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS TO DESIGN, CODE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE OSIRIS-REX FLIGHT DYNAMICS SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO RETRIEVE A SAMPLE OF THE NEO AND RETURN THE SAMPLE TO EARTH. AFTER LAUNCH, KINETX SHALL PROVIDE OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR 30 DAYS. THE SCOPE OF THIS SOW COVERS PHASE C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX LIFE CYCLE. THIS WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT AND ALL ATTACHMENTS TO THE CONTRACT.

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

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In plain English

Modification to the 2013 KINETX contract supporting the OSIRIS-REx flight dynamics system for asteroid sample return mission operations.

Sub-sectors
flight-dynamics-softwaremission-operationsasteroid-sample-return
Why this matters

OSIRIS-REx represents U.S. leadership in planetary science and sample-return missions, demonstrating advanced spacecraft guidance and control capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Reinforces demand for specialized U.S. aerospace software contractors in flight dynamics, guidance systems, and mission operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

Sustains U.S. advantage in sample-return missions, where China has demonstrated progress with lunar sample returns and asteroid exploration.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-13. Cost: $0.014088.

Period of performance
Start
2013-06-01
End
2027-03-31
Status
activein 261 days
Sources

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