{"id":384639,"date":"2023-06-28T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=384639"},"modified":"2023-12-13T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:26:38","slug":"vadr-venture-class-acquisition-of-dedicated-and-rideshare-launch-services","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/vadr-venture-class-acquisition-of-dedicated-and-rideshare-launch-services\/","title":{"rendered":"VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) Launch Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex 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class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon-line-vertical\" x=\"7.59998\" y=\"12\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" transform=\"rotate(-90 7.59998 12)\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/button><ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/space-operations\/\">Space Operations Mission Directorate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kennedy\/launch-services-program\/launch-services-program-biographies\/\">LSP Biographies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) Launch Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is fostering growth in the U.S. commercial launch market, and enabling greater access to space for science and technology missions through the agency\u2019s<strong> VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare)<\/strong> contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the agency\u2019s venture class approach, NASA is targeting lower launch costs for more risk tolerant science payloads by using less agency oversight and greater flexibility in how the commercial company manages the launch services for the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the agency selected <a href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\/press-release\/13-companies-to-provide-venture-class-launch-services-for-nasa\" rel=\"noopener\">13 companies<\/a> to provide VADR launch services. The Federal Aviation Administration-licensed commercial launch services will deliver risk tolerant payloads ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/cubesats\/overview\">CubeSats<\/a> to Class D missions \u2013 the least expensive and most risk tolerant of NASA\u2019s four classes of missions. The low cost, and speed from idea to implementation, makes CubeSats and Class D payloads ideal platforms for technical and architecture innovation, contributing to NASA\u2019s science research and technology development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breadth of launch providers available for VADR awards benefits the agency by allowing the rapid acquisition of competitively priced launch services for NASA and NASA-sponsored missions with firm-fixed-price task orders. The flexibility of VADR benefits launch providers by embracing commercial best practices, reducing the number of mission requirements compared to other agency missions, like those on the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract, and allowing rocket configurations with no prior demonstrated flight history to fly missions after completing an extensive NASA certification process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program (LSP) at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida manages the VADR contract. LSP works with private industry, mission, and international partners to launch science payloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of VADR, the fixed-price indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contracts have a five-year ordering period with a maximum total value of $300 million across all contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-link-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link-list\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\tMore VADR Resources\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-60.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.4); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-60.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-60.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-60.jpeg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-60.jpeg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">NASA Provides Update on Venture-Class Launch Services<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">NASA currently is working with several commercial companies as part of the agency\u2019s VADR launch services contract, providing new opportunities for science, and technology payloads.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/somd\/launch-services-office\/lsp\/nasa-provides-update-on-venture-class-launch-services\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) Launch Services NASA is fostering growth in the U.S. commercial launch market, and enabling greater access to space for science and technology missions through the agency\u2019s VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. 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