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Included among the STP-3 mission's payloads is NASA’s Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) aimed at enabling higher speed communications across the vast region of space between the Earth and Mars.
NASA has confirmed that its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is preparing to launch later this fall. The launch will happen no earlier than
Navigating in space is difficult, and as missions venture further and further into space, the need for precise navigation increases. NASA launched the Deep
DoD Awards Relativity Space New Responsive Launch Contract Relativity Space announced today that it has been awarded its first orbital launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). This contract was awarded as a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program (STP) Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI) to identify capable commercial solutions for low-cost, responsive access to space “as a service” using la...
socaltech.com Los Angeles-based Relativity Space reports that has been awarded its first ever, orbital launch contract, from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Size of the launch contract was not announced, however, Relativity Space said the contract was awarded as a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program (STP) Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), as part of an effort to identify capable commercial solutions for low-cost, responsive access to space "as a service" using launch systems with capacity between 450-1,200 kg to l...