{"id":555399,"date":"2023-10-25T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=555399"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:48:06","slug":"launch-services-program-overview","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kennedy\/launch-services-program\/launch-services-program-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Services Program Overview"},"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 desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 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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\">Launch Services Program Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasas-imaging-x-ray-polarimetry-explorer-ixpe-spacecraft-launches\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20211209-ph-csh01_0001.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after liftoff from the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20211209-ph-csh01_0001.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20211209-ph-csh01_0001.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20211209-ph-csh01_0001.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20211209-ph-csh01_0001.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, 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The Falcon 9 carries NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Cory Huston<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Launch Service Program, or LSP, is responsible for launching uncrewed rockets delivering spacecraft that observe the Earth, visit other planets and explore the universe, ranging from weather satellites and telescopes to Mars Rovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1998, LSP has been bringing together those with a payload needing a ride to space with launch vehicle providers. 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