MCAT Data RFI

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) is seeking potential industry partners to provide data transfer services for the Eugene Stansbery Meter Class Autonomous Telescope (ES-MCAT) located on Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield (AAF). The services include providing a data path to enable daily transfer of image and text files between AAF and Houston, Texas, at transfer rates of 1.5-2.0 TB per month. The contractor shall provide personnel with expertise working with the established communication link between AAF and NASA-JSC. The period of performance is estimated to be from contract start until the end of ES-MCAT operations on Ascension Island, estimated to be 2028 or later. • The contractor shall provide a data path for ES-MCAT between AAF and JSC. • The data path shall accommodate daily transfer of image and text files at transfer rates of 1.5-2.0 TB per month. • The contractor shall provide personnel with expertise working with the established communication link between AAF and NASA-JSC. • The period of performance is estimated to be from contract start until the end of ES-MCAT operations on Ascension Island, estimated to be 2028 or later.