Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Communications System –…

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Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Communications System – Equipment and Service Procurement

National Science Foundation · Div of Acq and Cooperative Support · 49100426K0008

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What this buyer has signed $189M

The largest federal awards in our record from NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, under the space and missile manufacturing codes we collect. This is context about the buyer, not the outcome of this notice: no award in the record references a solicitation number, so which notice produced which award is not something we can show.

Recipient	Amount	Signed	What for
LUNAR OUTPOST INC	$66M	May 26, 2026	THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE SERVICES (LTVS) HIGH…
VENTURI ASTROLAB INC	$66M	May 26, 2026	THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE SERVICES (LTVS) HIGH…
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC	$26M	Jun 18, 2026	CENTAUR UPPER STAGE FOR SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) TO BE…
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC	$10M	Mar 30, 2026	60-DAY STUDY VC5 FOR SLS
AXIOM SPACE INC	$9M	Jul 28, 2026	EXPLORATION EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY SERVICES (XEVAS)
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	$7M	Feb 13, 2026	DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, ALIGNMENT, TESTING,…
ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS, LLC	$4M	Jan 30, 2026	JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM-4 (JPSS-4) PAYLOAD…
LANTERIS SPACE LLC	$2M	Apr 20, 2026	PPE - TTO 031

Suppliers who do this kind of work 19

Companies in our directory under Spacecraft & buses and Components & subsystems, which is where this notice matched: kw satellite. A category is our own grouping, so this says what a company sells rather than that it is eligible or interested.

The supplier index holds 10 more in these categories.