[SatNews] Three NASA contractors have selected this Company to work with...

Satwest, one of the world’s first commercial suborbital research and development companies, has been selected by three commercial rocket companies and spaceliners to provide payload integration and flight services to NASA. Virgin Galactic of California, Masten Space Systems of California, and Armadillo Aerospace of Texas, all were awarded contracts by NASA to provide flight opportunities for engineers, technologists and scientific researchers to fly technology payloads into space.  All three companies selected Satwest to join their winning teams. This arrangement marks the first time that NASA has contracted with a commercial partner to provide flights into space on a suborbital spacecraft, and represents another important endorsement of the value of regular commercial space access for a wide range of science and educational applications. Satwest will support NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, funded by NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist and managed out of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.