So far as I know, there have been two links to NASA contract information...
the first (oldest) did seem to be limited or provisional as a trial test of the company's capability to deliver as promised on data retrieval...
and the newer link indicated that the mandate had been upgraded to "sole provider" of such services...
but both links were available and posted prior to the 2 day continuous run... so the "proving of concept" must not have been dependent on the 48 hour run... IMO...