Hamel Sees Six-Month Delay In AEHF Launch Budget Cut May Delay GPS III The United States needs to develop a new lower-cost satellite launcher, Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center in the Air Force Space Command, said. That new rocket would have a reusable first stage, and an expendable upper stage, Hamel said in a telephone news briefing with journalists. Currently, the government buys launch services from United Launch Alliance, a joint venture…
General Sees Need To Develop New, Lower-Cost Lifter, Plus Sats Protection Plan
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