NASA announced on Aug. 17, 2026, that it had selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the on-ramp provision of its Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract. The provision lets qualified providers offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from locations where such capabilities were not available when the contract was first awarded. The awardees are All Points Logistics LLC, Blue Origin LLC, Firefly Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies Inc.

Under the contract, NASA procures facilities and services for prelaunch processing of spacecraft and associated rocket hardware before delivery to the launch pad. The contract is a multiple-award, commercial, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle with an aggregate ceiling price of $100 million and an ordering period through Feb. 1, 2033. NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will manage it.

The program works with private industry, mission and international partners to launch science payloads ranging from small satellites built by colleges and universities to NASA's highest-priority missions.