Space Force Adds Two Startups to Military’s Growing List of National Security Launch Providers

Space Force Awards Two California-based Companies New Launch Provider Contracts

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – The U.S. Space Force awarded two companies, Impulse Space and Relativity Federal, its latest space launch provider contracts Wednesday. The latest launch providers join Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) which were awarded contracts in fiscal year 2024 as well as Rocket Lab and Stoke Space which were on-ramped in fiscal year 2025, noted the U.S. Space Force in a press release Wednes…

Space Force adds two startups to military’s growing list of national security launch providers

Impulse Space and Relativity Federal can compete against firms like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

U.S. Space Force Integrates Impulse Space into National Security Space Launch Program as First Upper-Stage Prime – SatNews

REDONDO BEACH, CA — On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in-space transport developer Impulse Space announced it has secured a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems […]