
The U.S. Space Force wants the upcoming VICTUS HAZE demonstration to point toward future satellite launches within hours, not days, of order receipt. As part of a Space Force effort to achieve tactically responsive space by 2026, the service last September launched the VICTUS NOX mission--a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket lifting a Boeing [BA] Millennium Space Systems satellite into low-Earth orbit (Defense Daily, Sept. 26, 2023). Space Force said that VICTUS NOX achieved launch-ready status within the 24-hour goal of…