Launch Services Program

Upcoming: Interface Region Imaging Spectograph (IRIS)

Pegasus drops away from the L-1011

Launch Date:
June 26 (Under Review)
All launch vehicle, spacecraft and integration activities will continue to protect for a launch date of May 18.

Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)

An Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) Cubesat

ELaNa is a NASA initiative to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.

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Landsat Data Continuity Mission Awaits Liftoff

Payload fairing is positioned around the LDCM spacecraft.

When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth's surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled clarity.

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TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

TDRS-K spacecraft rendering in orbit

NASA's first launch of 2013 will lift upgraded communications satellite into orbit.

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Twin Probes to Study Radiation Belts

Technicians prepare the RBSP spacecraft for encapsulation in the payload fairing

Radiation Belt Storm Probes will study Earth's ever-changing radiation belts in greater detail than ever before.

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NASA's Launch Services Program

The Launch Services Program

This fact sheet provides an overview of Kennedy's role in the Launch Services Program, the vehicle fleet and some of the program's historic missions.

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NASA Rocket Launch Information

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory

Learn about NASA's rocket fleet, how to see a launch in person and much more!

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ELV Status Reports

Delta II rocket.

The status reports were discontinued in December 2011.

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Expendable Launch Vehicle Mission Archives

Delta II rocket arcs across the dark sky after launch.

Here you'll find all the details about the missions that have already launched this year and in years past.

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The Rockets Behind the Missions

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