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U.S. Space Force Awards $877 Million Contract for Sounding Rocket Program-4

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 26th, 2024

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U.S. Space Force Awards $877 Million Contract for Sounding Rocket Program-4

Pictured is the first SRP-4 launch from Wallops Island, Va. on March 3, 2021 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Kirtland AFB, N.M. site has awarded Kratos Defense's [KTOS] space and missile defense division, L3Harris Technologies' [LHX] Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace business, and Corvid Technologies LLC a nine-year $877 million contract for the Sounding Rocket Program-4 (SRP-4). Sounding rockets are typically, small low-cost suborbital launches for atmospheric research up to more than 800 miles above Earth. The first SRP-4 launch was in March 2021 using a Space Vector Corp. rocket, while Kratos' space…

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