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Space Systems Command Posts Solicitation For Medium-Earth Orbit Satellites

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 9th, 2024

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Space Systems Command Posts Solicitation For Medium-Earth Orbit Satellites

Artist conception of Tranche 1 Tracking Layer in low-Earth orbit. (Northrop Grumman Photo)

U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday released the request for proposals for its Epoch 2 (E2) medium-Earth orbit space vehicles for future missile warning and tracking. Up to two firm fixed-price contracts are expected for the “prototyping effort that will deliver a global track access system to contain raids of advanced hypersonic and ballistic missiles,” SSC said in a posting on Sam.gov, the government’s business opportunities site. “E2 will demonstrate the ability to integrate with a coordinated enterprise which…

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