Launch Services Program

Science Mission Directorate
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Joint Agency Satellite Division
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Space Weather
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build the Next-Generation Space Weather Magnetometer for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program.
Posted December 9, 2024
NASA Directorates
Commercial Space
Dragonfly
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Missions
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing our search for the building blocks of life.
Posted November 25, 2024
Europa Clipper
Jupiter
Launch Services Program
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a key decision point meeting earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission. Audio of […]
Posted September 6, 2024
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
Jupiter Moons
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
NASA Headquarters
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening Thursday, Oct. 10, for the agency’s Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Europa Clipper […]
Posted September 3, 2024
Space Operations Mission Directorate
CubeSats
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
NASA Headquarters
NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. The companies awarded are: The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity instrument with an ordering period through Feb.
Posted August 22, 2024
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Launch Services Program
Marshall Space Flight Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Small Satellite Missions
A pair of CubeSats from NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, or PTD, series lifted off on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, August 16, from Vandenburg Space Force Base in California.
Posted August 19, 2024
Small Satellite Missions
CubeSat Launch Initiative
CubeSats
For Colleges & Universities
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Learning Resources
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA announced a new round of opportunities for CubeSat, developers to build spacecrafts on that will fly on upcoming launches through the agency’s CSLI (CubeSat Launch Initiative). CubeSats are a class of small spacecraft called nanosatellites. The initiative provides space access to U.S.
Posted August 6, 2024
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
Joint Agency Satellite Division
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science Mission Directorate
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part of the multi-satellite cooperative Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, a partnership between NASA and NOAA.
Posted July 23, 2024
CubeSat Launch Initiative
CubeSats
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Small Satellite Missions
NASA launched CURIE (CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment) as a rideshare payload on the inaugural flight of ESA’s (European Space Agency) Ariane 6 rocket, which launched at 4 p.m. GFT on July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, in French Guiana. Designed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, CURIE […]
Posted July 11, 2024
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