Who buys Product and Service Code V126 (Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Transportation: Space Transportation/Launch), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 4 | $238.4M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 5 | $280.3M | +18% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 8 | $2.9M | -99% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 14 | $13.4M | +364% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 97% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | $506.7M | 94.7% |
| 2 | UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.C | $13.2M | 2.5% |
| 3 | RELATIVITY FEDERAL, INC. | $5.0M | 0.9% |
| 4 | IMPULSE SPACE, INC. | $5.0M | 0.9% |
| 5 | AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, LLC | $2.3M | 0.4% |
| 6 | LOFT ORBITAL FEDERAL, LLC | $689K | 0.1% |
| 7 | GALACTIC ENTERPRISES, LLC | $639K | 0.1% |
| 8 | TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. | $599K | 0.1% |
| 9 | ROCKET LAB USA INC | $433K | 0.1% |
| 10 | MOMENTUS SPACE LLC | $356K | 0.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $519.7M | 97.1% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $15.3M | 2.9% |
| Department of Commerce | $28K | 0.0% |
| Department of State | $12K | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 1 PROCUREMENT RELATIVITY FEDERAL, INC. · Department of Defense | $5.0M |
| Jul 7, 2026 | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 1 PROCUREMENT IMPULSE SPACE, INC. · Department of Defense | $5.0M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | FLIGHT AND PAYLOAD INTEGRATION SERVICES FOR THE T0373 STRATOSPHERIC PROJECTILE EXPERIMENT OF ENTRY DYNAMICS (SPEED-2) PAYLOAD AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, LLC · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.2M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | FLIGHT AND PAYLOAD INTERGRATION SERVICES FOR T0437 DEMONS (DEPLOYABLE MEMBRANE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM) SUBORBITAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (DEMONS SUBORBITAL) PAYLOAD AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, LLC · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $642K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | DEVELOP T0435 FLEET FOR THE ATMOSPHERE LINKING COMMERCIAL OBSERVATIONS W/NASA(FALCON)-LIDAR MISSION CONCEPTS. TYVAK NANO-SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $472K |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2027 | THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXECUTE THE PHASE 3 LANE 1 LAUNCH SERVICE TASK ORDER (LSTO) FOR SDA-1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · Department of Defense | $540.7M |
| Apr 30, 2027 | IGF::OT::IGF THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM (CCP) COMMERCIAL CREW TRANSPORTATION CAPABILITY (CCTCAP) CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, EVALUATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF AN INTEGRATED CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (CTS) CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING NASA CREW TO AND FROM THE ISS, THE BOEING COMPANY · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $360.6M |
| Sep 30, 2027 | PHASE 3 LANE 1 LAUNCH SERVICE TASK ORDER (LSTO) FOR SDA-2 SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · Department of Defense | $160.0M |
| Dec 30, 2026 | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · Department of Defense | $150.1M |
| Oct 31, 2026 | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 2 UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC · Department of Defense | $120.6M |
35 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $17K | 0.2% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $10.2M | 99.8% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 2% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.