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The US Department of the Air Force announced the results of the approximately US$3.5 billion National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement on 7 August 2020. SpaceX and ULA were the two vendors selected via the competition to supply launches to the US military in the 2022–2026 timeframe.
First Rocket Lab Electron launch, first launch from outside the United States (New Zealand), and first launch procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. Flew on Rocket Lab's "Birds of a Feather" mission. L-162 [147] (RASR-3) USA-334 13 July 2022 06:30 Mahia, LC-1A: Electron: Entered service, presumed active RASR-3.
Launch site Payload Payload Mass Orbit Customer 6 January 2025 GS1-SN001 So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance [1] Cape Canaveral, LC-36: Blue Ring: 20,400 kg (45,000 lb) [2] LEO: Blue Origin: Maiden/demonstration flight of New Glenn, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft. First National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for ...
Blue Moon MK1 Pathfinder Mission (MK1-SN001), expected to launch between March and December 2025. Second National Security Space Launch demonstration flight for New Glenn. March (TBD) [88] Soyuz-2.1b: Baikonur Site 31/6: Roscosmos: Bion-M №2: Roscosmos: Low Earth: Biological science 30-day mission to observe the effects of the Van Allen ...
Enterprise (space burial) Heliocentric: Celestis: Maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur and Vulcan Centaur VC2S Configuration. Certification-1 mission, the first of two launches needed to certify the rocket for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions.
This launch will also serve as a National Security Space Launch demonstration mission. [ 17 ] Like the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle used for space tourism activities, the New Glenn's first stage has been designed to be reusable since its inception. [ 15 ]
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle.When it was in service from 2004 to 2024, it was the largest type in the Delta IV family and was the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, behind SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket and closely followed by CNSA's Long March 5 rocket.
National Security Space Launch, US government procurement contract regime for orbital space launches; National Severe Storms Laboratory, one of seven regional laboratories of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration