Contract Awards for Requirements Set A

On September 17, 2008, NOAA awarded eight study contracts for Requirements Set A with a total value of $200,000 to five U.S. companies, including:

  • Iridium (2 contracts, $50,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of solar irradiance and GPS radio occultation data;
  • Space Services Inc. (2 contracts, $50,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of solar wind and coronal mass ejection data;
  • Orbcomm (2 contracts, $50,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of solar irradiance, GPS radio occultation, and coronal mass ejection data;
  • Microsat Systems ($25,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of solar irradiance data; and
  • GeoOptics ($25,000), to study the feasibility of commercial provision of GPS radio occultation data.