Spyder: A Dedicated CubeSat Launcher Project

Provide NASA and commercial entities with a ~$1M launch capability dedicated to placing CubeSat payloads into Low Earth Orbits. No such capability exists for NASA’s use or within today’s marketplace. These solicitations increase focus on collaborations with the commercial space sector that not only leverage emerging markets and capabilities to meet NASA's strategic goals, but also focus on industry needs. NASA's investments in industry partnerships can accelerate the availability of, and reduce costs for the development and infusion of, these emerging space system capabilities. While developing the technology to enable NASA's next generation of science and human exploration missions, we will grow the economy and strengthen the nation's economic competitiveness.