The Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) is a U.S. Space Force program managed by Space Systems Command's Assured Access to Space (AATS). RSLP provides launch support to the DoD and other government agencies using commercial launch systems and excess ballistic missile assets. It focuses on the small launch market, launching experimental, research and development, and operational missions. Key partners include the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and Northrop Grumman, utilizing launch vehicles like the Minotaur IV rocket.
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The Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) is the U.S. Space Force's program for rapid launches of small, experimental satellites.
Thursday’s launch was conducted under the U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP).
System Delta 80 comprises six System Program Directors overseeing National Security Space Launch, the Rocket Systems Launch Program, Launch and Test Range Systems, and Servicing, Mobility, & Logistics programs.
One option under consideration for NSSL Phase 3 is selecting multiple vendors to compete for task orders, a procurement method used under the Rocket Systems Launch Program.
The U.S. Space Force procured the STP-S28A launch through the Rocket Systems Launch Program with payloads provided by the Department of Defense Space Test Program.
Lt. Col. Justin Beltz is the Space Systems Command Rocket Systems Launch Program program manager and plans to bring a launch service provider to readiness to execute TacRS-3 within months, hold the provider at that ready state for weeks to months, and launch within 24 hours when directed.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program plans to bring a launch service provider to readiness to execute TacRS-3 within months, hold the provider at that ready state for weeks to months, and then launch within 24 hours when directed.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program budget was increased from $10,400,000 to $30,400,000 in the omnibus bill.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program Office awarded the first on-ramp additions to the Orbital Services Program-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to ABL Space Systems Corp., Astra Space, Inc., and Relativity Space, Inc.
On 2021-08-09, Astra Space, Inc. was awarded the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Rocket Systems Launch Program of the U.S. Space Force.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program Office added Relativity Space to the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) on 2021-08-09 in Long Beach, California.
On 2021-08-09, the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space, and Relativity Space to the OSP-4 vendor pool.
The NROL-111 launch was awarded under the U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Orbital/Suborbital Program (OSP)-3.
The Space and Missile Systems Center managed the NROL-111 mission through the Rocket Systems Launch Program.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program was created by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1972 to convert surplus ICBMs into small launch vehicles.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center acquired the NROL-129 launch through the Rocket Systems Launch Program.
STP-S28 is the first contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket Systems Launch Program for the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4).
The 2021 budget provides $47,000,000 for the Rocket Systems Launch Program to acquire dedicated spacelift and rideshare services for experimental satellites and small vehicles.
As director of the Space Test Program, D. Jason Cothern led the Rocket Systems Launch Program and was mission director for the Department of Defense’s first SpaceX Falcon 9 launch that deployed the NASA and NOAA DSCOVR satellite in February 2015.
The National Reconnaissance Office funds its own missions separately from the Rocket Systems Launch Program.