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In 2018, the launch services sector accounted for $5.5 billion out of a total $344.5 billion "global space economy". [ 4 ] : 9 It is responsible for the ordering, conversion or construction of the carrier rocket , assembly and stacking, payload integration, and ultimately conducting the launch itself.
The LSP acquires space launch services using the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II Contract. [6] Once a year, launch services contractors can be added to or offloaded from contract. [7] The following contractors are attached to the NLS II Contract. Blue Origin – New Glenn [8] Northrop Grumman – Antares, Minotaur-C, Pegasus XL [9]
The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions occurred from a number of launch sites on a variety of rockets. After the list of launches are descriptions of select historic LSP missions.
Office of Space Launch (OSL) Responsible for all aspects of a satellite launch including launch vehicle hardware, launch services integration, mission assurance, operations, transportation, and mission safety; and, OSL is NRO's launch representative with industry, the USAF, and NASA. Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate (AS&T)
ABL Space Systems is an American aerospace and launch service provider, based in El Segundo, California, that manufactures deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure for missile defense, [1] formerly for sending commercial small satellites into orbit. The company manufactures its components in the United States.
Launch Services Alliance is a "back-up" launch service provider. It is a joint venture between the multinational aerospace company Arianespace and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ; initially, the American aerospace firm Boeing Launch Services was involved as well.
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to spur the development of private spacecraft and launch vehicles for deliveries to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched in 2006, COTS successfully concluded in 2013 after completing all demonstration flights.
Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO) is an American aerospace company based in Atlanta, Georgia that is developing the technology for launch services for small payloads. [1] The air-launch approach developed by GO and its partners offers flexible launch capabilities, poised to reduce fixed infrastructure needs, launch costs, and the time from ...