- 1Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft RFPGoddard Space Flight Center draft RFP for the Landsat 10 Earth-observation spacecraft, continuing the world's longest continuous record of land remote sensing from orbit.
- 2NEXUS Ka-Band Relay: Draft BAA NextSTEP-3 Appendix EMarshall Space Flight Center BAA for a backward-compatible Ka-band relay satellite to extend NASA space communications infrastructure into the post-ISS era.
- 3Lunar Enabling Infrastructure Accelerator (LEIA): NextSTEP-3 Appendix ANextSTEP-3 BAA for commercial development of enabling infrastructure for sustained human presence on the lunar surface. Glenn Research Center lead.
- 4Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS): Public Private Partnership Sources SoughtNASA Glenn seeks industry partners for a public-private partnership to develop and operate lunar surface ground sites supporting sustained Artemis-era exploration.
- 5Space Weather Observations at L1 (SOLAR-B): Partner Instrument RFINOAA seeks partner-contributed instrument capabilities for the SOLAR-B space weather observation mission at the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point.
- 6GLIMR Geostationary Littoral Imaging Radiometer: Access to Space Pre-SolicitationNASA Langley pre-solicitation for commercial hosted payload opportunity to place the GLIMR ocean color and coastal imaging radiometer on a geostationary platform.
- 7Commercial Crew Space Transportation Services: Sole Source Modification NoticeKennedy Space Center announces intent to sole-source a contract modification for SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Transportation Services to the International Space Station.
- 8Spaceflight Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) RFIJPL requests information on advanced guidance, navigation, and control technologies to inform acquisition strategy for future deep-space spaceflight missions.
- 9Advanced Risk Reduction for Mission-Critical Systems (ARRMS)Goddard Space Flight Center RFI for innovative risk reduction approaches in mission-critical systems across future space science and exploration programs.
- 10Private Sector Partnerships in Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Space BiologyNASA Headquarters invites industry to identify opportunities for private sector partnerships across astrobiology research, planetary protection protocols, and space biology programs.
- 11Mission and Facilities Support: Blossom Point Satellite Command and Tracking FacilityNaval Research Laboratory notice for mission operations and facilities support at the Blossom Point Satellite Command and Tracking Facility in Maryland.
- 12Project Able Baker: Maritime Repurposing of Offshore Infrastructure for Launch-Vehicle RecoveryDAF SBIR seeks designs for a sea-based recovery station repurposing decommissioned offshore oil platforms as reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle booster landing pads.
Space RFP Tracker — 2026 Celestial Procurement
RFP Daily tracks every active solicitation, contract award, and procurement pipeline shaping the space economy. From NASA Artemis and Space Force constellations to ESA lunar landers and DARPA cislunar programs, we publish the daily record of humanity's off-world investment. Browse the Top Solicitations ranked by value, follow active lunar bids, or watch the live ABOI feed for real-time updates.
NEXUS Ka-Band Relay: Draft BAA NextSTEP-3 Appendix E
Lunar Enabling Infrastructure Accelerator (LEIA): NextSTEP-3 Appendix A
Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS): Public Private Partnership Sources Sought
Space Weather Observations at L1 (SOLAR-B): Partner Instrument RFI
GLIMR Geostationary Littoral Imaging Radiometer: Access to Space Pre-Solicitation
Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft RFP
Goddard Space Flight Center draft RFP for the Landsat 10 Earth-observation spacecraft, continuing the world's longest continuous record of land remote sensing from orbit.
Commerce signed non-binding Letters of Intent under the CHIPS Act totaling $2.013B: IBM ($1B), GlobalFoundries ($375M), and seven others. Mandatory equity stakes in every deal. Portfolio covers every viable quantum modality. Congress was not consulted. Full analysis in the Beyond vertical.
Why Did We Go Originally?
Apollo was a geopolitical instrument, not a science program. The real reason we went explains why we stopped.
Why Go Back?
Water ice changes the economics. The Moon is no longer just a destination; it is a gas station.
Multistage Rockets
From Saturn V to SLS to Starship. The physics hasn't changed; the engineering has.
Updates to the Capsule
Orion is not a modernized Apollo. It is a clean-sheet design that happens to use the same shape.
The Artemis Missions
Five flights. From flyby to surface base. Every mission generates procurement across multiple verticals.
The Artemis Treaty
61 nations signed. Two didn't. The Accords shape who gets contracts and who gets left out.
Artemis I: Mission Report
The uncrewed shakedown that had to work before anyone could fly. What Orion's heat shield data showed and what it unlocked for every crewed mission after.
The Heavenly Palace Was Built Because America Said No
The Wolf Amendment. One law. No NASA cooperation with China. China built its own station. Now on its 23rd mission.
The Other Coalition
61 nations signed the Artemis Accords. Two did not. China is running the same coalition-building logic as NASA, for a different station, with different partners.
A Year in the Palace
One Shenzhou 23 taikonaut is staying at Tiangong for a full year. You do not test a year in space unless you are planning missions where that data is load-bearing.
We're Going to the Moon
On April 1, 2026, NASA's Space Launch System lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying four astronauts on Artemis II, the first crewed mission to lunar orbit in over fifty years. This is not a replay of Apollo. Artemis is a sustained campaign to build permanent infrastructure on and around the Moon, establish resource extraction capabilities, and lay the economic foundation for deep-space operations.
Read the full series →Astranis on the Same Contract as Boeing
Five primes share the Protected Tactical SATCOM ceiling. Eighteen months of task-order combat decide who actually builds the next generation. First launch 2028.
After Intelsat
The biggest Western satcom merger in a decade closed July 2025. The Pentagon now buys commercial satcom from half the vendors it had a year ago.
A $2.27B Prime Is Not the Whole Story
Lockheed won the bus. Imager, sounder, ocean color, atmospheric composition, and lightning mapper are still open. Nine-figure instruments each.
The Flagship Bus Is Dead
Software-defined 400 to 1,000 kg satellites are taking the regional and military buys. K2 raised $250M at $3B in December.
What Stays GEO
Nuclear command and control, strategic missile warning, protected tactical satcom, weather, and broadcast. Tactical comms, tracking, and ISR have already migrated to LEO and MEO. Everything else has a reason to stay at 36,000 kilometers, and that reason is what every subsequent Earth-2 article will reference.
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