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The Space Force increased the planned number of heavy-lift launch providers to be selected for NSSL Phase 3 from two to three.
The Space Force initially planned to award five-year Lane 2 contracts to two providers, modeled after the Phase 2 agreements with ULA and SpaceX.
The Senate Armed Services Committee in its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directs the Space Force to add a third provider in Lane 2 of NSSL Phase 3.
Orbital Composites received a $1,700,000 U.S. Space Force Small Business Innovation Research contract through the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime program on 2023-07-13.
U.S. Space Force tracking data showed an object from the Zhuque-2 mission in a 431 by 461-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.3 degrees.
The Space Development Agency is a procurement organization under the Space Force that is executing a multibillion-dollar plan to field a mesh network of low Earth orbit satellites for missile warning and data transport.
The contract option directs Muon Space to monitor the ionosphere for the U.S. Space Force through September 2024.
Muon Space will supply the U.S. Air Force with global soil moisture and sea surface wind measurements and will supply ionospheric data to the U.S. Space Force.
A $400,000 contract option awarded on 2023-07-11 directs Muon Space to deliver space weather data to the U.S. Space Force.
The Space Force's National Security Space Launch Program includes a two-lane approach for launch contracts awarded in 2025.
The Space Force's use of established vendors ensures a cohesive framework for collaboration across multiple government agencies and contractors.
The establishment of the US Space Force marked a significant milestone in America's commitment to maintaining its dominance in space.
The U.S. Space Force has been asked for a demonstration by 2026 on how to perform sustained space maneuvers for a given platform.
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command awarded L3Harris Technologies approximately $29,000,000 through the Space Enterprise Consortium Other Transaction Authority vehicle for a sensor payload design contract.
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) received approximately $29,000,000 from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command through the Space Enterprise Consortium Other Transaction Authority vehicle for a sensor payload design contract.
SpaceX launched the ESA Euclid mission on 2023-07-01 at 11:12 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command awarded L3Harris Technologies a sensor payload design contract worth approximately $29,000,000 through the Space Enterprise Consortium Other Transaction Authority vehicle.
Under the Space Force contract, iRocket will perform a full-duration static fire test of its reusable engine for 120 to 180 seconds.
iRocket signed a $1,800,000 contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command funded through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Directorate.
Above: Orbital received a $1,700,000 SpaceWERX U.S. Space Force award in March to develop rapidly deployable structures for space-based solar panels, communications antenna arrays, and other large structures.