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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2002 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2002-10-15·LATEST ACTION2026-04-01·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_GSFC0200210DNAS502139_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY PROJECT HELIOSEISMIC AND MAGNETIC IMAGER INVESTIGATION (HMI) PHASE B/C/D/E THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR DESIGN, ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION, TESTING, CALIBRATION, QUALIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF A FLIGHT INSTRUMENT FOR SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION. DURING SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION AND INTEGRATION, INTEGRATED SPACECRAFT TESTING AND FLIGHT QUALIFICATION, LAUNCH PROCESSING AND LAUNCH. FOLLOWING LAUNCH, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE RESOURCES TO PERFORM INITIAL ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INSTRUMENT AND SHALL CONDUCT SCIENCE OPERATIONS FOR THE REMAINING DURATION OF THE MISSION. THE PRINCIPAL HARDWARE DELIVERABLES OF THIS EFFORT ARE THE FLIGHT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSTITUTING THE FLIGHT INSTRUMENT PACKAGE AND THE NECESSARY SCIENCE PROCESSING AND SCIENCE OPERATIONS GROUND SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE REQUIRED TO ANALYZE, PROCESS, DISTRIBUTE AND ARCHIVE THE SCIENCE MEASUREMENTS PERFORMED BY THE INSTRUMENT.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager instrument, which Stanford has operated since 2002.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-sciencesolar-observatoryinstrument-development
Why this matters

The HMI is a critical solar physics instrument providing continuous data on the Sun's magnetic field and interior dynamics; this 2026 obligation sustains ongoing science operations and mission support.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains Stanford's long-term supply chain for solar instrument operations, ground systems software, and science data processing infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. solar observation capability; China has launched competing solar missions but SDO/HMI remains the gold standard for helioseismic and magnetic field data.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-22. Cost: $0.003347.

Period of performance
Start
2002-10-15
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 457 days
Sources

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