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Blue Origin May Launch Future GPS Missions, As Space Force Says ULA and Blue Origin Have ‘Credible Plans’ for Certification of Rocket Launches From Both Coasts

Blue Origin May Launch Future GPS Missions, As Space Force Says ULA and Blue Origin Have ‘Credible Plans’ for Certification of Rocket Launches From Both Coasts
Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.'s Space Launch Complex-3 is to be the site of Vulcan launches from the West Coast (ULA Photo)

Elon Musk's SpaceX is the only company certified for U.S. Space Force (USSF) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) missions launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. so far, but United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin--the two other providers awarded contracts for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 2 have a "credible plan" for such certification of launches from both coasts by Oct. 1 next year, Space Force officials…

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