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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
- —
- Source
- Open forecast
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