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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

aerospaceexpiring · 50d· period of performance ends in 50 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-02-10·LATEST ACTION2026-05-07·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC21C0038_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

GLOBAL LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS OF THE DYNAMIC EXOSPHERE (GLIDE) INSTRUMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (PHASE B) SUPPORT.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2021 NASA contract supporting development of the GLIDE instrument to observe Earth's upper atmosphere dynamics.

Sub-sectors
space-science-instrumentnasa-research-contractexosphere-observation
Why this matters

GLIDE advances understanding of atmospheric escape and space weather effects on Earth's magnetosphere, critical for satellite operations and climate modeling.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains UC-led instrument development supply chain including optical sensors, electronics, and integration partners supporting NASA's heliophysics missions.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. leadership in space-based atmospheric science; China developing competing exosphere observation capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-01. Cost: $0.002915.

Period of performance
Start
2021-02-10
End
2026-09-01
Status
expiring · 50din 50 days
Sources

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