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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