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Two More Launch Vehicles Selected for Space Force NSSL Program

Rocket Lab and Stoke Space Join Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA

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Tom Patton
Apr 02, 2025
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Two launch systems have been selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete be "on-ramped" into the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. and Stoke Space, will join Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA, who were on-ramped to Lane 1 last year. The NSSL award is a firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) …

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