This is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Goddard Space Center, a civilian agency, to the Universidad Nacional De San Agustin, a non-profit organization, to operate and maintain the satellite tracking station at Characato, Arequipa, Peru. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,053,704.24 and was originally awarded on October 24, 2005, with a period of performance through November 23, 2009. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. No additional details about a...
This is a firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to the Universidad Nacional De San Agustin (UNSA) in Peru. The contract, valued at $767,548.20, is to provide support services for the administration, operations, and maintenance of the Transportable Laser Ranging System (TLRS-3) located at UNSA in Arequipa, Peru. This system is part of the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging Network. The contract requires UNSA to...
<p>This is a federal contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, a defense agency, to Observatorio San Calixto, a non-profit organization located in La Paz, Bolivia. The contract, valued at $75,000.00, is for the calibration of seismic location (NEM) and has a completion date of September 2, 2019. The contract is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract and is not associated with a set-aside program.</p>
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K0551, was granted to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to oversee the continued operation of the Apollo Lunar Laser Ranging Project at the Apache Point Observatory throughout calendar year 2021. The $1,352,622.00 grant is intended to facilitate the transition of the project's scientific leadership from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to NASA Goddard. The contract is funded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency within...
This federal contract award, valued at $4,166,120.00, was issued by the Goddard Space Center (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) to provide satellite laser ranging (SLR) operations, maintenance, and calibration of the Transportable Laser Ranging System (TLRS-4) located in Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. The contract supports the Space Geodesy Project (SGP) of the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory. This is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type, and the period of performance runs from...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) to the Observatorio San Calixto, a non-profit organization located in La Paz, Bolivia. The $165,508.00 Firm Fixed Price contract will support studies of seismic sources and evaluate the accuracy of earthquake location parameters in the Central Andes of Bolivia. The contract has a performance period through May 10, 2025 and was awarded on May 11, 2020. This contract is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and...
This federal contract award, valued at $79,678.57, was issued by the United States Naval Observatory to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages and operates astronomical observatories and telescopes on behalf of federal agencies. The contract is for the "Routine Tasks for Operation of a Telescope at NOAO CTIO" in Chile. This direct award to AURA does not have a set-aside designation. AURA, which serves as the parent...
This federal contract award is for mission services to support laser ranging operations to artificial Earth satellites on Haleakala Summit, Maui, which is part of the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) network. The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (UH IFA) is the prime contractor, providing laser ranging operations, data analysis, maintenance, and calibration of the Transportable Laser Ranging System (TLRS-4). The services include daily data transfer to the NASA Operations Center and...
This federal contract award, valued at $99,935.04, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, an 1862 land grant institution and Hispanic Serving Institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The award is to support the development of the principal investigator's research program in terrestrial analog studies for planetary surface exploration. Specifically, the funding will be used to acquire a Trimble R10 GNSS differential GPS system, a...
This federal contract award, NNX17AG97G, was granted to the University of Texas at Austin by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of a new analysis framework to define, characterize, and estimate inter-system ties at the mm-level accuracy for a network of geodetic instruments at the McDonald Geodetic Observatory (MGO). The $447,085.48 grant is intended to enable the integration of data from multiple geodetic techniques, including satellite laser ranging...