NASA procurement of satellites for other agencies
- From: Allen Thomson <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:06:22 -0800 (PST)
From Space News This Week for Nov. 26, 2007. Interesting that TDRSS isstill mostly serving Pentagon needs. Presumably that's at least for
the four LACROSSEes now in orbit, maybe FIA radar in the future.
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REPLACEMENT SATELLITES TOP THE LIST OF UPCOMING NASA DEALS
By BRIAN BERGER, WASHINGTON
The biggest acquisitions NASA has on tap for 2008 are satellite
systems being procured largely on behalf of other U.S. government
agencies, a circumstance industry analysts attriute in part to the
space agency having most of its money already tied up in operations
and existing development contracts.
In December, NASA expects to award the prime contract for the next
series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) spacecraft.
While NASA uses the satellites to communicate with the space shuttle
and international space station, most of their bandwidth is devoted to
the Pentagon, which covers the lion's share of TDRSS operations costs
and is driving many of the system's requirements, some of them
classified.
The competition pits incumbent Boeing Satellite Systems of El Segundo,
Calif., against Northrop Grumman Space Technology of Redondo Beach,
Calif., which built the first seven TDRSS craft and would like to add
the program back to its portfolio. At stake is a firm fixed-price
contract for at least two satellites, TDRSS K and L, with options to
buy two more. NASA wants the first spacecraft ready to launch before
the end of 2012.
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