There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders ranging from small to big this month.
Military launch orders & bookings
Both ULA and SpaceX were smiling as they both got a share of US$1.8 billion set of National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 launch contracts from US Space Force
On the military launch front, US Space Force has also allowed Blue Origin and Stoke Space to compete for launches under USSF’s Orbital Services Program-4.
Turion gets US Space Force ‘grabbing technology’ satellite demo contract officially for debris (but it will have military uses)
Launch Orders
SpaceX Falcon 9 gets US$69 million launch order for NASA Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) mission in 2027
SpaceX Falcon 9 pair of launches will carry Yahsat’s Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 comsats on their way to GEO in 2027 and 2028, respectively
Construction Orders
Artist’s impression of SATCOMBw-3 satellite in geostationary orbit. Courtesy: Airbus DS
Airbus DS gets construction order for two German military SATCOMBw 3 comsats and services valued at US$2.5 billion
NASA awards Lockheed Martin a US$2.27 billion contract to build NOAA’s next generation GeoXO weather satellite constellation
General Atomics gets US Space Force contract for a second EWS weather sat
Gravitics gets US$125 million order to build a space station cargo transport spacecraft for Axiom
Roscosmos gives orders to Russian Space Systems and NPO Lavochkin to build Avtograf constellation of earth observation satellites.
On a much smaller scale Bulgaria’s EnduroSat gets construction order for Botswana’s first satellite, the 3U cubesat Botsat-1.
