# OL-2026-000005: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award 80NM0018F0850 (CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY): $1,581,664,550 Obligated vs $1,231,697,945 Disbursed (77.9%)

- **Canonical URL**: https://outcomeledger.org/record/OL-2026-000005/
- **Registry**: Outcome Ledger (`outcomeledger.org`)
- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
- **Entity**: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (`Corporate_Contractor`, `US-Federal`)
- **T+0 Date**: 2018-10-01
- **Lifecycle Stage**: `T365_AUDITED` (`ACTIVE_DISBURSEMENT`)
- **Primary Statutory Source**: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0850_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000
- **Primary Payload SHA-256**: `bbf9421f1c97eca6d829b6652431a3171e71418adc8b13f3ba1ea2d441549224`

## Executive Summary
Federal contract 80NM0018F0850 awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY with obligated ceiling $1,581,664,549.58 and verified cumulative Treasury outlays of $1,231,697,945.25 (77.9%). Scope: DEEP SPACE NETWORK (DSN) THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS T

## Verbatim Primary-Document Excerpt
> DEEP SPACE NETWORK (DSN) THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPER

## Cross-Silo Identifiers (Dark Keys)
- `awarding_agency`: `National Aeronautics and Space Administration`
- `usaspending_award_id`: `80NM0018F0850`
- `usaspending_internal_id`: `CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0850_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000`

## Quantitative Metrics
- `disbursement_pct`: `77.87`
- `obligated_usd`: `1581664549.58`
- `outlayed_usd`: `1231697945.25`

## Bi-Temporal Revision Ledger
- `2026-11-15T04:21:33Z` | `INITIAL_CAPTURE` | `ACTIVE_DISBURSEMENT` — Initial notarized capture from www.usaspending.gov (SHA-256 bbf9421f1c97).

## Longitudinal Verification Probes (T+90 / T+180 / T+365 / T+1095)
- `T+180` due `2026-11-16`: `PENDING`
- `T+90` due `2026-11-16`: `PENDING`
- `T+1095` due `2026-11-22`: `PENDING`
- `T+365` due `2026-11-22`: `PENDING`