The U.S. Space Force has issued a request for information to assess commercial data and service options for space- and ground-based environmental monitoring missions. Posted on SAM.gov on Monday, the RFI from Space Systems Command’s System Delta 810 is intended to inform future acquisition strategies supporting the Department of War’s weather and environmental sensing requirements.
Responses, due Feb. 20, will be used to evaluate feasibility, delivery approaches and pricing models for commercial offerings.
What Capabilities Is SSC Requesting From Industry?
Areas of interest include compact imagers for geostationary and high Earth orbits; modular spacecraft platforms operating across low Earth orbit, GEO and HEO; and sensors for space weather and atmospheric phenomena such as ionospheric density and Global Navigation Satellite System-based radio occultation.
The RFI also requests details on data processing approaches, including artificial intelligence and machine learning used for calibration, data fusion and recovery of degraded observations.
What Business Models and Pricing Data Is the Space Force Evaluating?
SSC is asking vendors to outline commercial delivery and pricing structures, including for data-as-a-service offerings and hosted payload arrangements. Respondents should provide illustrative pricing for various service levels, detailing how costs scale with key variables such as data volume, refresh rate, latency and geographic coverage.
Why Is System Delta 810 Issuing the RFI?
System Delta 810 is responsible for space-based sensing and targeting missions, including environmental monitoring that supports military planning and operations. SSC activated the delta in 2025 to align acquisition and operational needs for weather, environmental surveillance and tactical sensing.
