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NextSTEP-3 APPENDIX E: Network Extension for User Continuity and Sustainability (NEXUS) Backward-Compatible Ka-Band Relay Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD).MSFC · Nationwide US
Est. solicitation
Apr 1, 2026
Date posted

Description

NASA faces a credible risk of losing critical space-to-ground communications for key on-orbit missions beginning in the CY2029 to 2031 timeframe due to the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) System and the absence of backward-compatible commercial alternatives. The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program and its Communications Services Project (CSP) Suproject "NEXUS", is is issuing this solicitation to advance Ka band backward compatible relay capabilities without replicating existing commercial services.

Planning details

Estimated value
$250M - $500M
Est. solicitation date
Apr 1, 2026
Contract vehicle
New contract other than IDIQ
Contract type
Firm Fixed Price

Classifications

  • NAICS541715
  • PSCAR12

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