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NASA Taps SpaceX, ULA To Launch Two Satellites

By Marc Selinger

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

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NASA has picked SpaceX to launch the Sentinel-6A ocean-observing satellite and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch the Landsat-9 Earth-imaging satellite, the agency announced Oct. 19.Landsat-9 is slated to lift off as early as December 2020 on an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ULA is a joint venture between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] The launch is expected to cost about $153.8 million.Orbital ATK [OA] is building Landsat-9 for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. The satellite, the latest in the long-running Landsat…

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