The Space Test Program (STP) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) program managed by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. Functioning as a facilitator for space-based experiments, STP provides mission design, spacecraft acquisition, integration, launch, and operations support. STP's services enable the advancement of scientific knowledge and cutting-edge technology, ensuring continuous U.S. advantage in the space domain. Key partners include NASA, commercial entities, and international allies.
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The U.S. Space Force awarded Rocket Lab a $14,400,000 contract to launch a Space Test Program experiment that will fly in very low Earth orbit.
NASA sent the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) to geosynchronous orbit hosted on the Defense Department’s Space Test Program Satellite 6.
STP-5 is a Space Test Program mission for the U.S. Space Force that will launch two satellites in support of the Department of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office.
The NSSL program, formerly known as the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, has launched a total of 51 Atlas V rockets beginning with the Space Test Program-1 launch on 2007-03-09.
The NSSL program has launched a total of 51 Atlas V rockets beginning with the Space Test Program-1 launch on 2007-03-09.
STEP 2.0 is an initiative within the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) managed by Space Systems Command (SSC).
The Space Test Program (STP) was established in 1965 and on average has sent 10 to 15 experiments to orbit per year.
The Space Test Program office issued a revised draft request for proposals for the STEP 2.0 contract and is seeking vendor comments by 2023-05-19.
The Small Launch and Targets Division Office at Kirtland Air Force Base awarded an $11,500,000 Task Order to Astra Space, Inc. of Alameda, California for the Space Test Program STP-S29B launch service.
The Department of Defense Space Test Program provides space access solutions for non-DoD auxiliary payloads seeking launch opportunities on DoD missions.
The Space Test Program works closely with the DoD Space Experiments Review Board, a multi-service group responsible for evaluating and approving DoD-sponsored experiments to be conducted on DoD space missions.
Astra Space won a task order worth $11,500,000 to launch experimental payloads for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.
STP-H9 is the seventh major experiment platform that Aegis Aerospace has designed, integrated, tested, and operated for the DoD Space Test Program over the past 15 years.
Avionics developed by the DoD Space Test Program are used to build and test experimental platforms on the International Space Station.
RS21 won U.S. Space Force Small Business Innovation Research contracts in 2021 and 2022 to develop, test, and deploy SPAICE in ground software for the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-7 mission scheduled to launch later 2023.
RS21 is developing software that will be integrated in the Space Test Program ground station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston prior to the STPSat-7 launch.
The AI technology from RS21 will be tested in the Space Test Program experiment STPSat-7 projected to launch in 2023 to low Earth orbit.
The first flight of this version of the ESPA ring launched in December 2021 on the Space Test Program STP-3 mission aboard an Atlas V.
Rocket Lab originally expected to perform the first LC-2 launch in the second quarter of 2020 for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.
LDPE-1 launched aboard the Space Test Program mission on 2021-12-07.