{"id":511315,"date":"2026-08-18T06:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7a06be9f929e1696f5560752654e97af"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:17:20","slug":"nasa-selects-companies-to-provide-payload-processing-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=511315","title":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Companies to Provide Payload Processing Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?w=1080\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA insignia\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasa-meatball-11-black-background.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Credit: NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on\u2011ramp 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contract awardees are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All Points Logistics LLC<\/li>\n<li>Blue Origin LLC<\/li>\n<li>Firefly Aerospace<\/li>\n<li>L3Harris Technologies Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program at the agency\u2019s 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\u2019s highest-priority missions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about NASA\u2019s launch services, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/lsp\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/lsp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">-end-<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joshua Finch<br \/>Headquarters, Washington<br \/>202-358-2546<br \/><a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leejay Lockhart<br \/>Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br \/>321-747-8310<br \/><a href=\"mailto:leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov\">leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a 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