NASA Selects Combined Data Services Contract For Polar Satellites

Aug. 14, 2012

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

John Leslie
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
301-713-0214
john.leslie@noaa.gov


CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-037

NASA SELECTS COMBINED DATA SERVICES CONTRACT FOR POLAR SATELLITES

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) of
Oslo, Norway, for combined data support services for NOAA's Joint
Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program.

This is a firm-fixed price contract with a value of about $22 million,
which includes one base year and four one-year options to extend
performance.

This contract permits usage of the Svalbard Satellite Station ground
station and other NSC data services resources to support the JPSS
Program requirements for three missions: Global Change Observation -
Water 1, Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and JPSS-1. The
contract provides satellite data acquisition and distribution
services for current polar orbiting satellites. It includes mission
planning and related support activities for the JPSS Program and for
the JPSS-1 mission.

JPSS is a new generation of polar-orbiting satellites designed to
enhance the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)
efforts to forecast weather and track global climate change from
space. Under the NOAA-NASA partnership, NOAA is responsible for the
JPSS Program, including funding the advanced instruments, sensors and
the two planned spacecraft and launch vehicles. NASA is the
acquisition and system integrator for JPSS.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information on the JPSS Program, visit:

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/


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