Request for information (RFI): terra, aqua, and aura (TAA) missions
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NNH26ZDA003L
- Agency
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Headquarters
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Points of contact
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- Beth Weinstein hq-esdpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking external partnerships for the operations and data collection of three Earth Science satellite missions: Terra, Aqua, and Aura (TAA). Posted on January 8, 2026, this special notice invites organizations to express interest in maintaining one or more of these on-orbit missions through innovative partnership arrangements. The RFI is part of NASA's broader effort to maximize the impact of its resources while advancing the commercial remote sensing industry. Respondents are not required to meet specific eligibility criteria beyond organizational capacity to engage in partnership discussions. The submission deadline for responses is January 29, 2026, with all detailed information available through NASA's Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES).
Based on RFI responses, NASA intends to either engage in direct discussions with interested parties or release a subsequent Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to formalize competitive opportunities under Space Act Agreements. These agreements may be structured as reimbursable arrangements, where partners contribute funding, or non-reimbursable agreements with no exchange of funds. Prospective partners should note that NASA will not provide funding for these agreements, making the partnership arrangements focused on shared responsibility for mission operations and data exploitation. Interested organizations must regularly monitor the NSPIRES platform for updates, including potential questions and answers or amendments to the RFI. All inquiries regarding this opportunity must be submitted via email with the subject line "TAA RFI" to the designated NASA point of contact.
Notice text
NASA is exploring partnerships with external organizations for the operations and data collection of Earth Science satellite missions to enable more impactful exploitation of NASA resources and to advance the commercial remote sensing industry. This RFI specifically seeks information on interest in the Terra, Aqua, and/or Aura missions and information on potential innovative partnership arrangements to maintain one or more of these on-orbit missions.
Depending on the responses to this RFI, NASA may 1) proceed to have discussions with individual respondents or 2) release an Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to compete this opportunity with NASA under a reimbursable or non-reimbursable (no exchange of funds) Space Act Agreement, or both 1 and 2. Any resultant agreement(s) from this RFI or potential future AFPP will define the full roles and responsibilities of NASA and the selected Partner(s).
On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the full, final text for this Request for Information will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com by searching on the SAM notice ID (called a solicitation number on NSPIRES) or via the link provided below.
NASA may periodically update the NSPIRES landing page to add other documents such as questions and answers or to revise and amend this RFI. To stay up to date Interested parties must visit NSPIRES regularly to ensure that they have the latest information available.
The attached PDF file entitled “1stEmail” is a copy of the text of an email NSPIRES sent to Science Mission Directorate (SMD) List Serv subscribers and includes other important dates not shown on this SAM.gov landing page. After downloading and carefully reading the full text from NSPIRES, by email only address questions (or other comments) with a subject line to read “TAA RFI” to the listed point(s) of contact.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 1stEmail.pdf |
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