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SpaceX Nabs $744 Million In New National Security Space Launch Task Orders

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SpaceX Nabs $744 Million In New National Security Space Launch Task Orders
In April, the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) announced the initial launch of 10 of 28 planned satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. for the Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layers of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The SpaceX Falcon 9 carried the satellites (SDA Photo)

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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