NASA Selects 13 Companies for $300M Launch Service Contract Vehicle

Thirteen 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 Thursday it will place firm-fixed-price task orders through the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract over five years.

NASA’s VADR program follows the Venture Class Launch Services and VCLS Demonstration 2 procurement efforts announced in 2015 and 2020, respectively.

The new acquisition vehicle contains a provision for incumbents and other vendors not selected for the existing contract to participate in a future on-ramp process to propose new launch service offerings.

The VADR awardees are:

• ABL Space Systems
• Astra Space
• Blue Origin
• L2 Solutions
• Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC)
• Phantom Space
• Relativity Space
• Rocket Lab
• Spaceflight
• SpaceX
• United Launch Services
• Virgin Orbit
• Firefly Aerospace

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