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NASA has awarded contracts to four companies (All Points Logistics LLC, Blue Origin LLC, Firefly Aerospace, and L3Harris Technologies Inc.) to provide commercial payload processing services under an on-ramp provision of the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract. These companies will offer prelaunch processing facilities and services for spacecraft and rocket hardware at multiple launch locations where such capabilities were previously unavailable. The contract is a multiple-award, firm-fixed-price vehicle with a $100 million aggregate ceiling and an ordering period extending through February 1, 2033.
Why it matters
This expansion of commercial payload processing capabilities enables NASA to access more launch locations and processing services for its missions, from small university satellites to high-priority science payloads. The contract structure supports NASA's ongoing collaboration with private industry to increase flexibility and efficiency in launch operations.
NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations where capabilities were not available at the time of the initial contract award.
Contract awardees are:
- All Points Logistics LLC
- Blue Origin LLC
- Firefly Aerospace
- L3Harris Technologies Inc.
Through the contract, NASA procures facilities and services required to perform prelaunch processing of spacecraft and associated rocket hardware for delivery to the launch pad.
The Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract is a multiple-award, commercial, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle that has an aggregate ceiling price of $100 million with an ordering period through Feb. 1, 2033.
NASA’s Launch Services Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will manage the contract. The program works with private industry, mission, and international partners to launch science payloads ranging from small satellites with colleges and universities to NASA’s highest-priority missions.
For more information about NASA’s launch services, visit:
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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2546
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov
Leejay Lockhart
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-747-8310
leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov
Source: NASA Selects Companies to Provide Payload Processing Services