Two companies join roster of available Space Force launch providers

2 firms secure $5.6 billion contract to launch national security payloads into space

Two companies will get up to $5.6 billion to launch national security payloads into space, increasing the number of Pentagon program partners.

Two companies join roster of available Space Force launch providers

Impulse Space and Relativity Federal are now part of a pool of potential vendors for the Space Force's National Security Space Launch program, according to a contract award posted today. The companies will now be able to compete for upcoming launch missions under the Phase 3 Lane 1 program, which accounts for launches that don’t need to meet the same no-risk requirements as Lane 2 launches. The Space Force awarded the first indefinite-delivery, …