SpaceX Wins Potential $297M Contract for USAF, NRO Satellite Launch Services
SpaceX has won a potential $297M contract to send U.S. Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office satellites into orbit during the government’s 2021 fiscal year. The firm-fixed-price contract covers...
View ArticleTory Bruno: ULA Submits Bid for USAF Launch Service Phase 2 Competition
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said ULA proposed the Vulcan Centaur rocket system as part of its bid for the second phase of the U.S. Air Force's Launch Service...
View ArticleAir Force Selects Eight Firms for $986M Follow-On Launch Services IDIQ
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential nine-year, $986M contract to eight companies for space launch mission support to the Department of Defense and other government agencies as part of Orbital...
View ArticleSpaceX to Help NASA Launch Earth Observation Satellite for Climate Change...
SpaceX has secured a potential $80.4M contract from NASA to send a satellite with the Falcon 9 rocket to space on a mission to study the oceanographic and atmospheric elements of global climate change.
View ArticleSpaceX to Help Launch NASA’s Heliosphere Exploration Spacecraft Under $109M...
SpaceX will provide launch services under a potential $109.4M contract for a NASA-funded mission that seeks to further study the heliosphere’s boundary that produces a magnetic barrier protecting the...
View ArticleSDA Issues Launch Services Solicitation for Space Defense Architecture Program
The Space Development Agency is looking for a launch services provider to send 28 satellites to orbit in 2022 as part of a program to establish a space-based defense layer for missile detection. The...
View ArticleVoyager to Buy The Launch Company in ‘NewSpace’ Portfolio Expansion Push
Voyager Space Holdings intends to acquire Anchorage, Alaska-based ground support hardware developer The Launch Company for an undisclosed sum in a deal that would mark Voyager's first acquisition in...
View ArticleBlue Origin Secures ‘On-Ramp’ NASA Launch Service Contract
Blue Origin has secured a position on the NASA Launch Services II contract vehicle as an “on-ramp” awardee, which provides Jeff Bezos' space venture an opportunity to compete for orders to help the...
View ArticleSpaceX Lands $150M SDA Contract to Launch Satellites for ‘Tranche 0′...
SpaceX has secured a potential $150.5M contract to deploy satellites to low-Earth orbit in support of the Space Development Agency's plan to establish a space defense layer for tracking ballistic...
View ArticleWSJ: Rocket Lab, Vector Could Reach Merger Deal Soon
Small satellite launch services provider Rocket Lab is close to finalizing an estimated $4.1 billion agreement with a Vector Capital-backed special purpose acquisition company to merge operations, The...
View ArticleULA, SpaceX Book $384M in USSF Task Orders for Launch, Mission Integration...
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX have received task orders worth $384 million combined from the U.S. Space Force to deploy payloads and integrate missions under phase 2 of the National Security Space...
View ArticleExolaunch Expands Into North America, Names Chris Hearsey as CEO of new US...
Exolaunch, a German company that provides launch services and separation systems, has established operations in Denver, Colorado and Washington, D.C. in the U.S. as part of its efforts to expand market...
View ArticleNASA Selects 12 Companies for $300M Launch Service Contract Vehicle
Twelve commercial launch services providers have secured positions on a $300 million contract vehicle to help NASA send small satellites to Class D spacecraft into different orbits. The agency said...
View ArticleSpace Systems Command Awards 8 National Security Launch Services Task Orders...
Space Systems Command has issued five launch service task orders to United Launch Alliance and another three to SpaceX under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract that the U.S. Space...
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