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Victory For VICTUS NOX As Space Force, Industry Partners Successful In Tactically Responsive Space Op

Victory For VICTUS NOX As Space Force, Industry Partners Successful In Tactically Responsive Space Op
Against the backdrop of the Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA003 successfully deployed the VICTUS NOX satellite into orbit after launching Sept. 14 at 7:28 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo: Firefly Aerospace)

Space Systems Command last Thursday evening successfully launched the VICTUS NOX tactically responsive space (TacRS) mission in record time, achieving launch-ready status within 24 hours of launch notice and then lifting off 27 hours of that same notice. In June 2021, SSC launched TacRL-2, setting a then responsive space launch record of 21 days. For VICTUS NOX, a Firefly Aerospace Alpha launch vehicle lifted a Millennium Space Systems-built satellite into low-Earth orbit for a space domain awareness mission. The launch…

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