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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RS21 is developing software that will be integrated into the Space Test Program ground station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston prior to the STPSat-7 launch.
The U.S. Space Force will select a group of vendors to compete for $50,000,000 worth of task orders under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the Space Test Program.
The Space Test Program, established in 1965, has deployed more than 300 missions.
The U.S. Space Force is changing its approach to procuring satellites for the Space Test Program by moving away from awarding separate contracts for individual STP missions.
The Small Launch and Targets Division’s Office at Kirtland Air Force Base awarded a $29,900,000 task order to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on 2022-09-30 for the Space Test Program STP-S29A launch service.
The mission designated STP-S28A deployed seven satellites supplied by the Department of Defense Space Test Program into low Earth orbit.
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.
BlueHalo developed optical communications technology used by NASA in the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration that flew to orbit in December as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program 3 mission.
Virgin Orbit’s next planned space launch is the U.S. military STP-28A Space Test Program mission projected to fly no earlier than 2022-06-29 from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
GEARRS-3 is the third cubesat launched in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program (STP-3) to test experimental satellite-to-satellite communication systems and tracking.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force on 2021-12-07.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the Space Test Program-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
STPSat-7 is a 150-kilogram smallsat that will host research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket was scheduled to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on 2021-11-09.
All three Falcon Heavy rockets launched so far have been successful, and the last Falcon Heavy mission before this announcement was Space Test Program 2 in June 2019.
Falcon Heavy has launched three times successfully, with the most recent launch being the Space Test Program 2 mission in June 2019.
In June, Virgin Orbit completed its second successful flight to space, Tubular Bells: Part One, which delivered several payloads for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program to a precise target orbit.
The Defense Department’s Space Test Program payload STP-H7 will now launch together with STP-H8 on the next cargo Dragon mission later 2021.
The Launch Enterprise projects awarding the next OSP-4 task order supporting the Space Test Program’s USSF-46S mission later this summer.
The Space Test Program 3 mission scheduled to launch later 2021 on an Atlas V will carry the first Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE) payload.