Rocket Lab's opportunity to land this contract is real, but everything depends on whether Neutron can finally deliver.

Live updates from SpaceX’s MRV-MEP mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s move to increase the contract ceiling for less complex, less critical launches by $11.4 billion will cover an additional 110 launches, raising the total number of expected missions to 170 over the next decade, according to a Space Systems Command (SSC) spokesperson.

Impulse Space will find its own rides to orbit as the inaugural upper-stage vehicle provider in the Space Force’s NSSL program. Credit: Impulse Space The U.S. Space Force continues to widen the field of companies eligible to compete for lower-risk national security launch missions,

The U.S. Space Force launched its GPS III-9 satellite (SV09) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, adding another spacecraft to the constellation that supports military operations, civilian navigation, and commercial ...

The Space Development Agency announced partnerships with two companies worth up to $1.75 billion total, to develop 36 satellites for the Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile-defense initiative.

On June 24, 2026, the 1st Space Launch Squadron was reactivated during a ceremony at the Sands Space History Center, directly outside Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.