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
modification of$9.36M
$655K obligated at award
contract now $34.3M
Space Systems Command · FA880926FB003 mod P00001
for transitioning missions from the Department of War human-rated payload support task order
announced Oct 6 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8809 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Space Systems"
$43.3Morder
$2M obligated at award
Space Systems Command · FA882126FB015
for Red LAN Sustainment
announced Oct 2 · War.gov daily contracts
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.
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8821 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Space Systems"
modification of$9.75M
$9.75M obligated at award
ceiling now up to $75.9M
Space Systems Command · FA882025CB002 mod P00008
for the Space Fence System (SFS) AN/FSY-3, Radar, Space Surveillance
announced Oct 1 · awarded Sep 30 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8820 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Space Surveillance"; Wording: "Space Systems"
$462Maward
$62.3M obligated at award
Space Force · FA254126CB014PZ004
to provide commercial satellite communications connectivity for designated executive airlift aircraft
announced Sep 30 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Wording: "satellite"
$95.5Maward
no funds obligated at award
Space Force · FA254126CB014PZ004
to provide commercial satellite communications services in support of authorized government requirements
announced Sep 30 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Wording: "satellite"
up to$22M(ceiling)
$10.8M obligated at award
contract now $638M
Space Force · FA880819C0001 mod P00162
for Joint Hub Spares and Spares Management
announced Sep 30 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8808 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Satellite"
modification of$15.7M
no funds obligated at award
contract now $8.26B
Space Systems Command · FA881018C0005 mod P00205
for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous
announced Sep 30 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8810 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Geosynchronous"; Wording: "Space Systems"
$572Maward
$15.6M obligated at award
Space Systems Command · 47QTCK18D0056
for North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex - Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support Contract Three support
announced Sep 28 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Wording: "Space Systems"
up to$96.9M(maximum)
Department of War, Navy · M6785426D2001
in support of Marine Corps Wideband Satellite-Expeditionary (MCWS-X)
announced Sep 28 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Wording: "Satellite"
$33.4Maward
$15M obligated at award
Space Systems Command · FA880626CB004
for South Korea Antenna Project
announced Sep 28 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8806 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "satellite"; Wording: "Space Systems"
$25.6Maward
$500K obligated at award
AFRL · FA945326CX026
for the compact strategic gyroscope-maturation project
announced Sep 28 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Contracting office FA9453 (AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RVK, Kirtland AFB))
$14.5Maward
$14.5M obligated at award
Space Systems Command · FA872326FB005
for Oracle/Red Hat Enterprise Linux technical refresh
announced Sep 28 · awarded Sep 24 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Wording: "Space Systems"
up to$390M(maximum)
AFRL · FA945326DX003
for research support in the areas of space science and engineering, information technology, re-entry test beds, and combat systems
announced Sep 22 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Contracting office FA9453 (AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RVK, Kirtland AFB)); Wording: "space science"
modification of$31.3M
$10.9M obligated at award
contract now $94.3M
Space Systems Command · FA880925CB001 mod P00011
for one additional Mira space vehicle and integration
announced Sep 22 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8809 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "space vehicle"; Wording: "Space Systems"
modification of$9.58M
$9.58M obligated at award
contract now $135M
AFRL · FA238524CB037 mod P00007
for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program
announced Sep 18 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Wording: "Commercial Space Internet"
modification of$13.1M
$13.1M obligated at award
contract now $4.7B
Space Force · FA880718C0009 mod P00205
for the GPS IIIF launch and on-orbit support (LOOS)
announced Sep 16 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Space agency: Space Force / SSC; Contracting office FA8807 (Space Systems Command contracting offices (FA8800-FA8899, Los Angeles AFB)); Wording: "Satellite"; Wording: "on-orbit"; Wording: "GPS IIIF"
up to$99.8M(ceiling)
$1.7M obligated at award
AFRL · FA945326DX006
for the Leveraged Orbital Battlespace Optimization program
announced Sep 11 · War.gov daily contracts (opens war.gov in a new tab)
Why it is listed: Contracting office FA9453 (AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RVK, Kirtland AFB)); Wording: "space systems"
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.
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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.