NASA Awards the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport III Follow-On Contract
Antares rocket on the launch pad on Wallops Island. (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NASA PR) — NASA has awarded a contract to the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority of Norfolk, Virginia for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport III (MARS III) follow-on contract. The contractor will provide launch site services supporting missions conducted from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops, Virginia.
This is a cost-no-fee, fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract valued at $49 million. The effective ordering period for issuing tasks under the contract began December 8 for five years through December 7, 2019.
Services under the contract will be performed at Wallops and the contractor’s off-site facilities.
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