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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80NM0018C0002_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

DSN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CDSCC

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

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In plain English

Operates and maintains NASA's Deep Space Network Canberra station for spacecraft communication and tracking.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-operationsdsn-ground-stationm&o-contract
Why this matters

DSN is critical infrastructure enabling NASA's deep space missions, planetary exploration, and interplanetary communications.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for specialized RF equipment, antenna systems, and ground station maintenance contractors supporting deep space operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. deep space exploration capability depends on robust DSN infrastructure; China is developing competing space tracking networks.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002130.

Period of performance
Start
2018-10-01
End
2028-09-30
Status
activein 869 days
Sources

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