On September 3, 2025, the NOAA NESDIS Commercial Data Program (CDP) announced two awards for the Radio Occultation (RO) Data Buy 2 (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 (DO-5) totaling $35,536,400 to support weather forecasting and space weather applications. These firm fixed price contracts include 10,000 near-real-time global navigation satellite system (GNSS) RO data profiles per day of neutral atmosphere data in which 500 of the 10,000 have enhanced signal-noise ratios, and 2,500 Total Electron Content ionospheric measurements per day with unlimited data rights. The data delivery period will be for 365 days from Thursday, September 18, 2025, through Friday, September 18, 2026.
PlanetiQ of Golden, Colorado is awarded $24,345,500 to provide 7,000 GNSS-RO profiles per day, in which 500 will have enhanced signal-noise ratios, and to provide 2,500 low-latency Total Electron Content tracks per day.
Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. of Vienna, Virginia is awarded $11,190,900 to provide 3000 GNSS-RO profiles per day.
The NOAA, NASA, USAF, and U.S. Navy will ingest these data into their numerical weather prediction models and for space weather applications. In addition, various U.S. government and international government agencies utilize these data for operational and research purposes.
The Commercial Data Program (CDP) assesses and acquires space-based observational weather data from the private sector to improve NOAA’s weather forecasts and explore ways to meet mission requirements more efficiently.