In addition to this cost, the fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $26.1 million and includes the development of two magnetometer instruments. The expected performance period is from December 2024 to January 2034. The work will take place at the awardee’s facility in San Antonio, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The scope of the contract includes the design, analysis, development, fabrication, integration, test, verification, and evaluation of magnetometer equipment. launch support; supply and maintenance of ground support equipment; and support of post-launch mission operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility.
These instruments will measure the interplanetary magnetic field carried by the solar wind. The instruments provide vital data to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, which issues forecasts, warnings and alerts that help mitigate the effects of space weather, including power outages and disruptions to communications and navigation systems. Obstacle.
NASA and NOAA oversee the development, launch, testing and operation of all satellites in the Lagrange 1 series project. NOAA is the program owner that manages the program, operations, data products, and disseminates to users, as well as providing requirements and funding. NASA and its commercial partners develop and build instruments, spacecraft, and provide launch services on behalf of NOAA.
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Tiernan Doyle
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov
Jeremy Eggers
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
757-824-2958
jeremy.l.eggers@nasa.gov