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The DoD Space Test Program STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space in 2017 and was scheduled to launch in 2019.
VOX Space, a subsidiary of Virgin Orbit that focuses on the national security launch market, was awarded a $35,000,000 contract on 2020-04-10 for three dedicated launches to deliver 44 small satellites to low Earth orbit.
VOX Space will launch STP-27VP from Guam on a LauncherOne rocket deployed from a Boeing 747 in 2020.
Vox Space will use Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launched rocket, released from a Boeing 747 mothership, for a planned launch later in 2019.