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Rocket Systems Launch Program
Budget figures
No FY2026 R-1/P-1 request line for this program element. The FY2026 President's Budget request workbook carries no FY2026 line for it; its last workbook figure is FY2024. The PB2026 J-book detail below does carry an FY2026 row for this line, recorded as zero. A workbook blank and a documented zero are different records, and this page shows both. An absent line is not by itself an ending — PB2026 renumbered program elements at scale across the services and defense agencies, so this work may continue under a different number. No successor is linked for this line: this site's program-lineage layer holds no keyed edge pointing forward from here. That is an absence in this site's lineage layer, not a finding about the program: if the J-book narrative on this page describes a realignment, it is quoted below in the document's own words, and this note does not restate it.
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $71.8MP-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $30.4M | $39.1M | $71.8M |
| Enacted | – | $39.1M | $74.8M |
| Request | – | – | $74.8M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $74.8M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $71.8M as actual total obligation authority — $3.09M below the request. 71.76 − 74.85 = -3.09 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Description — Rocket Systems Launch Program
The Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) procures small launch services to deliver affordable, flexible spacelift for small payloads. The small launch program complements the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program with multiple options to acquire dedicated spacelift and rideshare services for developmental, responsive, demonstration, and small operational space vehicles. The Spacelift Capability Production Document approved 31 May 2016 supports the requirement for small spacelift capability. No FY 2026 funds or beyond are requested. RSLP continues to fly previously procured Space Force-funded missions and supports new and existing missions for various agencies funded by each mission partner on a reimbursable basis in conjunction with direct funding under APPN 3620, RDT&E, Space Force, R-1 Line #50, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP). This program does not require and does not include advance procurement or initial spares. Flyaway Unit Cost is not applicable and Weapon System Unit Cost are not representative due to the mix of vehicles in the program. RSLP procures launch services and is not a weapon system. The program provides launch capacity for the Government National Launch Forecast requirements, but does not take ownership of any specific launch vehicle. The requirements for small launch services are derived from multiple spacecraft requirements. Funding for this exhibit is contained in PE 1206860SF. .
Justification
Justification — Rocket Systems Launch Program
No FY 2026 funds or beyond are requested.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $71.8M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $71.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
Lobbying mentions
12 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provisions relating to cooling technology and rocket cargo transportation…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provisions relating to cooling technology and rocket cargo transportation…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provisions relating to cooling technology and rocket cargo transportation…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provisions relating to cooling technology and rocket cargo transportation…
Additional appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Additional appropriations funding and language for space launch enterprise and alternative rocket technologies.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Rocket Systems Launch Program. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O1022
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O988
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O1041
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
FY2026 Space Force Procurement · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 131