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The NASA Launch Services Program ( LSP) is responsible for procurement of launch services for NASA uncrewed missions and oversight of launch integration and launch preparation activity, providing added quality and mission assurance to meet program objectives. [1] LSP operates under the NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD).
Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P. Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P., [2] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[3] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider, [4][5] and space technologies [6] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) is an American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The company designs, assembles, sells and launches rockets, but the company subcontracts out the production of rocket engines and solid rocket boosters .
Space Launch System. The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle of the Artemis Moon landing program, SLS is designed to launch the crewed Orion spacecraft on a trans-lunar trajectory. The first SLS launch was the uncrewed Artemis 1, which took place on 16 ...
A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. [1] There are over 100 launch companies from all over the world. [2]
Private spaceflight companies include non-governmental or privately-owned entities focused on developing and/or offering equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human. This list includes both inactive and active entities. List of abbreviations used in this article. LEO: Low Earth orbit.
Dynetics HLS. The Dynetics Autonomous Logistics Platform for All-Moon Cargo Access (ALPACA)—also known as Dynetics HLS[1] — (ILV) is a human spaceflight lunar lander design concept proposed in 2020/21 for the NASA Human Landing System (HLS) component of the Artemis program. Dynetics was the lead contractor for the ALPACA lander—other ...
Modular parts for the International Space Station were fabricated at the facility in the mid-1990s until 2010. [10] The factory is now the location for the Space Launch System (SLS)'s core and future second stage construction by Boeing. [11] [12] [13] SLS is the most powerful rocket in the history of spaceflight.