Flight-qualified spacecraft bus and mission operations for astrophysics mission
RFP GMU-KS0903-26 RIDM LANDHOLT Spacecraft Platform, Solicitation IV127876, issued by George Mason University.
At a glance
George Mason University seeks a contractor to provide a flight-qualified spacecraft bus, payload integration, verification services, and one-year orbital operations for the NASA Landolt Mission in Geostationary Earth Orbit. The contractor must deliver hardware-in-the-loop testbed infrastructure and routine operations support for this astrophysics mission. Proposals due September 23, 2026.
Key facts
- Issuing agency
- George Mason University
- Solicitation number
- IV127876
- Type
- Request for Proposals (RFP)
- Posted
- Sep 18, 2026
- Response deadline
- Sep 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
- Place of performance
- TBD
Official description
BONFIRE SUBMISSIONS ONLY: The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiations with one firm to provide a flight-qualified spacecraft bus, payload integration and verification services, early hardware-in-the-loop testbed infrastructure, and integrated routine/orbital operations for a one-year astrophysics mission in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) in support of the NASA Landolt Mission (a federal grant awarded to George Mason Universityâs College of Science). George Mason University (hereinafter referred to as âGeorge Mason,â âMason,â or âUniversityâ) is a public institution of higher education and agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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