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Space

BAE Systems Completes Preliminary Design Review For Epoch 2 Constellation

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 9th, 2026

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BAE Systems Completes Preliminary Design Review For Epoch 2 Constellation

Image of a missile warning and tracking satellite. Image: BAE Systems

The Space Force’s Space Systems Command on Monday said that BAE Systems has completed the preliminary design review for the future constellation of Epoch 2 missile warning and tracking satellites, confirming the contractor’s conceptual design meets requirements. BAE in May 2025 won a $1.2 billion contract to provide the Space Force with 10 Epoch 2 satellites that will be launched into medium Earth orbit to provide global hypersonic missile tracking as part of a Resilient Missile Warning Tracking architecture (Defense…

Congress

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Army

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