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Space

AFRL to Highlight NTS-3 and Rocket Cargo Vanguard Programs

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

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AFRL to Highlight NTS-3 and Rocket Cargo Vanguard Programs

L3Harris is building the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (L3Harris Drawing)

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is to highlight the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) and Rocket Cargo Vanguard programs at the 36th Space Symposium next week in Colorado Springs--a forum that will also mark the debut of SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-affiliated arm of AFWERX. "With the recent standup of the USSF, along with the emergence of U.S. Space Command and new energy in the commercial space sector, we have exciting opportunities to modernize the way we lead and…

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