The existing CLPS contracts run through November 2028 with a combined maximum ordering value of $2.6 billion.

NASA is contemplating a sole-source contract modification for the CLPS ceiling increase.

The 13 CLPS contractors are Astrobotic Technology, Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin Space, Moon Express, Orbit Beyond, Redwire Space Sensors, Sierra Space, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.

Under CLPS, contractors are responsible for integrating, accommodating, transporting, and operating NASA payloads using contractor-owned launch vehicles, lunar landers, lunar surface systems, and Earth re-entry vehicles.

Spaceworks Enterprises is an aerospace research and engineering company focused on orbital transfer vehicles and small satellite platforms.

Vigoride 8 will carry the Spaceworks COSMIC payload and NASA’s Juno Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine payload.

Vigoride 8 completed a Preliminary Design Review and remains on track for an early 2027 launch target.

Momentus has scheduled a Critical Design Review for Vigoride 8 in late May 2026.

The Vigoride 8 mission is fully manifested, meaning all available payload capacity has been sold.

NASA is evaluating the Juno Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine for potential future spaceflight applications.

Momentus conducted the Vigoride 8 Preliminary Design Review using expanded infrastructure that includes a new facility intended to support higher mission throughput.

Momentus Inc. operates the Vigoride 8 orbital transport mission from San Jose, California under two NASA contracts.

Momentus conducts Vigoride missions as secondary payloads on its orbital service vehicle after reaching orbit.

Momentus’ Vigoride vehicles are designed to provide hosted payload support, last-mile delivery, and in-orbit servicing capabilities.

Vigoride 8 is the latest flight in Momentus’ ongoing series of commercial orbital service vehicle operations.

e-GEOS operates as a bridge between space capabilities and ground applications.

At the Geospatial World Forum 2026, C. Milena A. Lerario joined the plenary session titled "Space Infrastructure as a Service: Enriching Geospatial Platforms and Spatial...".

C. Milena A. Lerario is the CEO of e-GEOS, which is part of Leonardo.

e-GEOS develops solutions that make geospatial data usable in energy, security, environment, and territorial planning.

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) has existed for more than two decades.

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is associated with the European Union's military space profile.

Ravil Akhmetov said the first launch of the planned Soyuz-5 rocket was postponed from 2025 to 2026.

Soyuz-5 completed a fully successful test flight.

Roscosmos launched Soyuz-5.

Wylsacom published a video about Soyuz-5 that includes footage from a vehicle assembly building.

Cosmoleap expected in mid-2024 to fly once in 2026 before flying multiple times in 2027.

The Flint One flight computer recently passed technical acceptance.

Cosmoleap expects Qingyu-11 to generate around 150 tons of thrust with a thrust range of 30 to 105 percent and a specific impulse of up to 350 seconds.

Leap-1A will stand 70 meters tall and 4.2 meters in diameter.

Cosmoleap approved full development of Leap-1A at a final design meeting in September 2025.

Cosmoleap raised 500 million Yuan in a new funding round on April 29.

Cosmoleap plans to use the new funding to continue development of the Leap-1A partially reusable launch vehicle for a debut flight in 2027.

Cosmoleap plans to use part of the new funding to begin development of liquid methane and liquid oxygen engines.

Cosmoleap externally sources its propellant tanks, fairings, and engines for Leap-1A.

Cosmoleap plans to light each Qingyu-11 engine three times per flight for liftoff, reentry, and recovery.

Cosmoleap has been testing catch towers since November 2024 and included hardware pathfinders from January 2025.

Cosmoleap now expects assembly of the first Leap-1A flight vehicle to begin and be completed in the second half of 2026.

Leap-1A is expected to carry 18,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit when expended or 12,000 kilograms if reused.

Cosmoleap’s in-development Qingyu-11 engine is a 100-ton-class engine.

Lingge Capital, Haiying Capital, Huifengda, Junchuan Capital, Chongqing Shadao Technology, Zhongke Technology, Yuanchuang Resources, and Hanli Capital participated in Cosmoleap’s new funding round.

Cosmoleap plans to recover Leap-1A first stages using catch towers downrange of inland launch sites and on ships for missions from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site.

Fully fueled Leap-1A will weigh about 554,000 kilograms.

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center are named as launch sites relevant to Cosmoleap’s catch-tower plans.

Qianhai Ark and Puhua Capital jointly led Cosmoleap’s new funding round.

The Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology’s YF-209 engine generates 80 tons of thrust and uses the same propellant as Qingyu-11.

Huaxing Capital advised the participants in Cosmoleap’s new funding round.

Cosmoleap’s April 29 funding round followed an earlier 100 million Yuan round in November 2024.

Cosmoleap says downrange catch towers instead of landing legs could increase payload capacity by up to 5,000 kilograms.

Cosmoleap plans to reuse each Qingyu-11 engine fifty times.

Leap-1A will use ten YF-209 engines, with nine on the first stage producing 720 tons of thrust and one vacuum-optimized engine on the second stage.