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U.S. Space Force Says Solicitation on Space Force Range Contract Imminent

U.S. Space Force Says Solicitation on Space Force Range Contract Imminent
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Nov. 1 last year. Space Force said that it was the first National Security Space Launch mission carried out on a Falcon Heavy rocket (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force was to release a final solicitation for the Space Force Range Contract (SFRC) by May 25, but the service now expects the RFP will come around June 5. In January last year, the Pentagon Inspector General said in an audit that Space Force is facing an increased risk of launch problems at its eastern range at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., and the western range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., as the service expects to…

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