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Blue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract

Blue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract
Pictured is a SpaceX photo of the Sept. 10th liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites. "Tranche 1 launches will continue with an approximate cadence of one launch per month for the next nine months, using National Security Space Launch providers, until the full space vehicle constellation is on orbit," U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said last month.

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Tuesday that it has awarded a more than $78 million contract to Blue Origin to augment space vehicle processing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., under the National Security Space Launch Space Vehicle Processing Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) effort. Blue Origin said on Tuesday that the contract will fund "a new payload processing facility supporting multiple launch vehicle providers on Florida’s Space Coast." The Blue Origin award is the…

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