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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.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative PlanAug 9, 2021Space Force developing “freight train to space” for smallsats

The Launch Enterprise projects awarding the next OSP-4 task order supporting the Space Test Program’s USSF-46S mission later this summer.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralAug 9, 2021USSF Awards OSP-4 Contract To Smallsat Launch Providers

SMC’s Launch Enterprise plans to award the next OSP-4 task order in support of the Space Test Program’s USSF-46S mission later this summer.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative PlanAug 9, 2021ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts

LDPE-1 is scheduled to launch in 2021 with the Space Test Program 3 mission.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralJul 6, 2021Northrop Grumman Delivers A Star Of A Bus To L3Harris For Air Force’s NTS-3 Mission

United Launch Alliance delayed the Space Test Program-3 mission on 2021-06-04 and indicated the delay was required to evaluate launch vehicle readiness.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2021NASA and Boeing close out recommendations from Starliner review

United Launch Alliance planned the Space Test Program-3 mission for 2021-06-23, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as its next launch following SBIRS GEO-5.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2021UPDATE 4: Up, Up + Away To Orbit Goes USSF SMC’s SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission Via A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle

Relativity Space received its first Defense Department contract on 2023-03-15 to launch a DoD Space Test Program mission.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipMar 15, 2021Relativity Space wins U.S. military contract for 2023 launch

The DoD Space Test Program Rapid Agile Launch Initiative sought commercial launch solutions with payload capacity between 450 and 1,200 kg to low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralMar 15, 2021Department of Defense awards Relativity Space new Responsive Launch contract

The Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) spacecraft flew as one of the payloads on the Space Test Program 2 mission that launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in June 2019.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralJan 21, 2021Green propellant successfully demonstrated on NASA mission

Two Space Test Program missions awarded to Virgin Orbit slid into 2021.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2021Space Force’s small launch program looks to pick up pace after a year of delays

The Space Test Program STP-27RM mission scheduled to fly on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket did not launch in 2020.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2021Space Force’s small launch program looks to pick up pace after a year of delays

Rocket Lab planned to perform its first LC-2 launch of a U.S. military Space Test Program mission called STP-27RM in the second quarter of 2020.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2020First Rocket Lab U.S. launch delayed to 2021

The DoD Space Test Program STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space in 2017 and was scheduled to launch in 2019.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2020VOX Space signs deal to fly LauncherOne from Andersen Air Force base in Guam

The $35,000,000 contract is for the STP-S28 mission to provide orbital launch services for the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2020Virgin Orbit’s VOX Space wins $35 million U.S. Space Force launch contract

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.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralFeb 13, 2020F-35 program official named No. 2 at Space and Missile Systems Center

Prox-1 was one of 24 small satellites that launched on Falcon Heavy as part of the U.S. Defense Department’s Space Test Program-2 mission.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralJan 23, 2020Tethers Unlimited says early results of deorbit hardware test promising

Two additional launches funded under the RALI program in support of the Space Test Program are planned for 2020.

Mentioned as: space test programTechnical ProductDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

A prototype rideshare launch of yet-to-be-determined Space Test Program satellites on an unidentified vehicle is planned for mid to late 2020 to test new approaches for integrating payloads on a single launch.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), a $25,000,000 congressional add-on appropriated in 2017 and 2018 for the Space Test Program and the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramOrg RelationshipDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

Space Test Program-2 was a U.S. government-funded space launch managed by the Air Force.

Mentioned as: Space Test ProgramNarrative GeneralSep 21, 2019Air Force certified Falcon Heavy for national security launch but more work needed to meet required orbits
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