Launch Services Program

Upcoming: Interface Region Imaging Spectograph (IRIS)

Pegasus drops away from the L-1011

Launch Date:
June 26
Launch Vehicle:
Pegasus XL

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Upcoming: MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ...

The Atlas V rocket lifts off the launch pad into a dark night sky.

Launch Date:
Nov. 18
Launch Vehicle:
Atlas V
Launch site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

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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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Launch Services Program Updates

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Features

Small Satellites Soar in High-Altitude Demonstration

Students and engineers participate in a prelaunch briefing

Four tiny spacecraft soared over the California desert June 15 in a high-altitude demonstration flight.

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CubeSat Launch Tests Satellite Innovations

Students work with a cubesat during mission preps.

Weekend launch in Mojave, Calif., will evaluate sensors and systems in satellites built into 4-inch cubes.

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Prospector Rocket Offers Research Opportunities

The P-18 rocket launches

New Prospector rocket becomes operational, offering high-altitude research opportunities for NASA.

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Related Links

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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› Poster Summary of the LSP Mission
› LSP in Detail (15 Mb pdf)

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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› See Vehicle Fleet
› See Launch Sites
› Watch a Launch

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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ELV Status Reports Archive

Delta II rocket.

The status reports were discontinued in December 2011.

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The Rockets Behind the Missions

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    Rocket Science 101 - Updated!

    Choose a NASA mission, put together a rocket to fly it on and watch it launch!

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