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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to GENERAL ATOMICS

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-07-06·LATEST ACTION2026-04-29·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC20C0093_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

TO PROVIDE SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT & TEST OBSERVATORY I&T OBSERVATORY TESTING SHIPMENT TO THE LAUNCH SITE SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION OPERATION OF MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER, 3 YEARS MISSION OPS&DECOMMISSIONING.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

General Atomics will develop, test, and operate a spacecraft observatory including launch site support and three years of mission operations.

Sub-sectors
spacecraft-developmentmission-operationslaunch-support
Why this matters

This contract funds critical end-to-end spacecraft capabilities from development through on-orbit operations, essential for NASA's observational mission infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for spacecraft integration, testing facilities, and mission operations expertise; upstream suppliers include avionics, propulsion, and ground station providers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in independent spacecraft development and operations capability maintains technological edge in space-based Earth observation and science missions.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002305.

Period of performance
Start
2020-07-06
End
2026-10-27
Status
activein 163 days
Sources

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