Week in Space Data, every Friday.
Space contract awards on the day the government announces them, from the official daily sources: the Department of War contract list, NASA, Space Systems Command and Space Development Agency releases, and SAM.gov award notices. Every amount says what it is, and every row links to the official page. Free to read. How this list is built
$33.1Maward
NASA · 80KSC024DA011
Request For Proposal (RFP) NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)
announced Oct 6 · awarded Jun 11, 2024 · SAM.gov award notice (opens sam.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: NASA
$25.3Maward
NASA · 80GSFC26C0031
Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Mission Operations and Data Processing
announced Oct 6 · awarded Sep 29 · SAM.gov award notice (opens sam.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Product/service code AR15 (SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP); Space agency: NASA
NASA, Space Systems Command and Space Development Agency awards count by agency. On the Department of War list and SAM.gov, an award counts when the contracting office is a space office (Space Systems Command FA88xx offices, SDA, AFRL Space Vehicles), the contracting activity names a space organisation, the government's own product or industry code is a space code, or the description names space work (satellite, spacecraft, launch vehicle, orbit and similar). The words "Space Force" alone do not count: they mostly name bases, and base-support work there (dormitories, roads, fuel, fire protection) is not space work. On the Department of War list and SAM.gov, construction and base-support work needs a clear space word even when a space office buys it, and a general word such as "space science" counts only when a space office or agency buys the work. NASA facility work stays listed, marked as facility work, and never heads the homepage. Each row says why it is listed, quoting the words that matched. The same rules drive our procurement watch.
$804Kaward
Department of War, Dept of the Air Force · FA461026P0087
XUMU 20260001 OSP Oak Mountain Fiber Relocation
announced Oct 6 · awarded Sep 17, 1016 · SAM.gov award notice (opens sam.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC
$618Kaward
Department of War, Dept of the Air Force · FA461026P0096
XUMU 20260001A Bldg 15501 FOC Comm Install
announced Oct 6 · awarded Sep 29 · SAM.gov award notice (opens sam.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC
Amounts are read from the announcement's own wording with fixed phrase rules, never estimated. When a release quotes only the ceiling of a larger contract vehicle (for example "$1 billion across all contracts"), the award shows as "amount not stated". The same goes for a ceiling shared by several companies (a multiple-award contract or blanket purchase agreements), and for a figure printed in a form we cannot read without guessing (for example "$100,00"). We never add ceilings together.
The homepage tile "Latest announced space contract" shows the newest award on this list from the last 7 days. When several were announced the same day, it shows the one with the largest stated amount; an award with no stated amount appears there only when nothing announced that day has one. Facility work and withdrawn awards never appear there. With nothing in 7 days, the tile shows the newest award in our USAspending record and says so.
When two sources carry the same award we list it once if the contract and modification numbers match, or if exactly one award fits the same company, agency, week and stated amount. When neither is certain (a notice with no amount or no contract number), both may appear. The Department of War list supplies the figures first, then the agency release, then SAM.gov; SAM.gov adds the recipient's UEI. A company is linked only on a UEI or an exact name match. Official corrections update the row they name (same contract and modification, and the company or amount they quote must agree) and are marked.
Announcements come before the spending record. USAspending.gov shows civilian awards a few days later, and Department of War awards only after a 90-day public delay, which is why our USAspending award record trails this list. Awards under $7.5 million at the Department of War appear here only when SAM.gov carries a notice.