NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is looking for potential teaming partners to provide satellite and on-orbit support services for its upcoming heliophysics medium explorer mission.
GSFC is interested in working with qualified vendors that can host instruments on orbiting spacecraft, support the integration and testing of the completed observatories, perform services for mission operations and provide a mission operations center or ground station for control capability, according to a Nov. 22 notice on SAM.gov.
NASA Support Requirements
NASA has set a maximum budget of $300 million for the project, with the estimated costs to cover the instruments, spacecraft, instrument-to-spacecraft integration support, environmental testing, launch site operations and operations for up to two years. Notably, the projected costs exclude the launch vehicle and mission-specific adjustments.
Project’s Estimated Timeline
According to the space agency, shortlisted submissions will advance in a mission concept study stage in April 2026, which will culminate in a nine-month concept study report and be followed by a site visit. The government plans to start soliciting proposals in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2025 and targets launch readiness by January 2032.
Responses will be accepted until Jan. 6, 2025.
