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VICTUS NOX Success Supports 2026 Goal For Tactically Responsive Space Operations

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VICTUS NOX Success Supports 2026 Goal For Tactically Responsive Space Operations
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)

The successful rapid launch and orbit 12 days ago of a space domain awareness satellite puts the U.S. Space Force on track to meet its goal to have tactically responsive space (TacRS) capabilities in 2026, a service official said on Tuesday. “I think that we’ve shown that the processes, the procedures, the technology, everything is there,” Lt. Col. MacKenzie Birchenough, material leader for Space Safari, Space Systems Command, told reporters during a virtual media roundtable. Having a budget in place…

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