NASA Mulling Bulk-Buy Launches | Aviation Week

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Irene Klotz
August 25, 2026

SpaceX’s 17th dedicated rideshare mission launched on July 7 with 81 satellites aboard.

Credit: SpaceX

SALT LAKE CITY—NASA is in the early stage of setting up a headquarters-level office to oversee launch service procurements agencywide, including rideshares. Under the newly created Commercial Access to Space (CAtS) program, NASA is considering procuring five-20 launches in a single solicitation, and…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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