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U.S. Space Force ESPA Flight System to Demonstrate Independent Launch of Up to 18 Satellites from NASA Landsat-9

U.S. Space Force ESPA Flight System to Demonstrate Independent Launch of Up to 18 Satellites from NASA Landsat-9
A graphic of the U.S. Space Force-developed ESPA Flight System (EFS) for the NASA Landsat-9 satellite (Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center)

The U.S. Space Force-developed Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Flight System (EFS) is to demonstrate the launch of up to 18 multi-mission national security and civil satellites from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Landsat-9 earth observation satellite. The latter is slated to launch from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket this September at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. ULA is a partnership between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The Space Force Space and…

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