NASA has selected MDA Geospatial Service Inc., an MDA Space company, as one of eight awardees for its Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award.

Under the contract, MDA Geospatial and the other companies selected “will be responsible for acquiring observation data from commercial sources that support NASA’s Earth science research and application activities that help improve life on the planet. The goal of the awards is to give NASA a cost-effective way to augment or complement the Earth observations acquired by the agency and other U.S. government and international agencies for the benefit of all.”

NASA said the contracts have a “maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period through Nov. 15, 2028.”

The other contracts went to:

• BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia
• ICEYE US Inc. in Irvine, California
• Pixxel Space Technologies, Inc in El Segundo, California
• Planet Labs Federal, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia
• Satellogic Federal, LLC in Davidson, North Carolina
• Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama
• The Tomorrow Companies Inc. in Boston