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NASA awards Intuitive Machines a lunar data-relay contract worth up to $4.82 billion
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a Near Space Network (NSN) contract worth up to $4.82 billion to provide communication and navigation services for missions near the Moon. The Firm-Fixed-Price, Multiple Award IDIQ task order contract runs five years (2024–2029) with a five-year option (2029–2034), with initial funded task orders totaling $150 million. Intuitive Machines is the sole awardee, deploying a constellation of lunar relay satellites.
- $4.82 billion maximum potential value; initial funded task orders: $150 million.
- Performance period: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2029 (base); option to September 30, 2034.
- Service scope: communication and navigation for near-space missions (Earth surface to beyond the Moon).
- Intuitive Machines sole initial awardee; will operate lunar relay satellite constellation for cislunar services.