Contract Announced September 30, 2026 /

NASA awards Orbital Sidekick $2.14M CSDA evaluation task order

NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program issued a delivery order valued at $2,138,700 to Orbital Sidekick Inc. for evaluation of its hyperspectral data products. The award supports access to GHOSt constellation imagery for U.S. government users under CSDA licenses. Performance period is one year starting late September 2026.

Why it matters

Solid government validation of commercial hyperspectral data; positions OSK for recurring CSDA tasking as the constellation matures.

The numbers

Contract

$2.1M

Obligated Amount $2,138,700.00

Source

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USAspending ·Sep 30, 2026
CONTRACT to ORBITAL SIDEKICK INC
NASA awarded Orbital Sidekick a $2,138,700 delivery order under the CSDA program for an evaluation task order. The period of performance runs from September 30, 2026 to September 29, 2027.

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