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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.

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

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In plain English

Modification to the 2020 General Atomics spacecraft development and mission operations contract for NASA's observatory.

Sub-sectors
spacecraft-operationsobservatory-systemsmission-ops
Why this matters

Sustains U.S. space capabilities and NASA's scientific infrastructure through continued multi-year mission operations.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for spacecraft components, avionics, test equipment, and ground station systems from aerospace suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains continuity of U.S. space observatory operations as part of broader space competition with China.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-12. Cost: $0.014833.

Period of performance
Start
2020-07-06
End
2026-10-27
Status
activein 119 days
Sources

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