The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday awarded SpaceX task orders worth $733.6 million to launch spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. The orders are first under Phase 3 Lane 1 of NSSL for which Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are also eligible to compete (Defense Daily, June 13). For SDA, SpaceX will provide seven launches for the agency’s Tranche…
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