NASA originally posted this in September 2024.
NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency.
The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period through Nov. 15, 2028.
The selectees are:
The Tomorrow Companies Inc. in Boston
BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia
ICEYE US Inc. in Irvine, California
MDA Geospatial Service Inc. in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Pixxel Space Technologies, Inc in El Segundo, California
Planet Labs Federal, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia
Satellogic Federal, LLC in Davidson, North Carolina
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama
Under the contract, the recipients will be responsible for acquiring observation data from commercial sources that support NASA’s Earth science research and application activities that help improve life on the planet. The goal of the awards is to give NASA a cost-effective way to augment or complement the Earth observations acquired by the agency and other U.S. government and international agencies for the benefit of all.
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