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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_GSFC0200005DNAS500147_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

GAMMA RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPE (GLAST). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING NASA REVIEWS&DIRECTED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, OBSERVATION PLANNING, MISSION SCHEDULING, SATELLITE OPERATIONS, SCIENCE DATA PROCESSING SUPPORT, SPACECRAFT HEALTH/SAFETY/PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE SUPPORT ANALYSIS, FLIGHT/GROUND SYSTEM&SOFTWARE, AND ANOMALY RESOLUTION&ANALYSIS.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Stanford provides mission operations, engineering analysis, and science data processing support for NASA's Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST).

Sub-sectors
space-telescopemission-operationsscience-data-processing
Why this matters

GLAST is a flagship NASA astrophysics mission enabling gamma-ray astronomy; Stanford's role ensures continuous mission success and scientific data quality.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized aerospace mission operations expertise and ground-system software development from academic institutions.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. space science leadership depends on maintaining advanced gamma-ray observatories and the technical workforce to operate them.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002342.

Period of performance
Start
2000-05-03
End
2027-03-01
Status
activein 288 days
Sources

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