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Spire Global provided free radio occultation data earlier in 2020 to ECMWF, the United Kingdom’s Met Office, and the U.S. Air Force to help offset a loss of aircraft-derived data.
The U.S. Air Force operates two X-37B spacecraft that were built by Boeing.
The X-37 program was transferred to the U.S. Department of Defense and is managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.
The National Aeronautic Association awarded the 2019 Collier Trophy to the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B on 2019-08-13.
The Air Force awarded contracts for the first three Phase 2 missions to SpaceX and ULA for National Reconnaissance Office payloads.
The Air Force selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as the two launch providers for Phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program covering 2022 through 2027.
The development of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur is partially funded by a $967,000,000 six-year Launch Service Agreement contract awarded by the Air Force in 2018.
The Space Force was established on 2019-12-20 as a separate branch of the armed services under the Department of the Air Force.
The Cogswell Award was established in 1966 in honor of Air Force Col. James S. Cogswell.
The Air Force plans to continue supporting U.S. launch industry participation in future phases but specific measures for Phase 3 remain to be worked out with Congress.
The Air Force will terminate the Launch Service Agreement contracts awarded in October 2018 to Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.
The Air Force awarded ULA 60% of the Phase 2 missions to be flown over five years and awarded SpaceX the remaining 40% of Phase 2 missions.
Both the House and Senate versions of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act include provisions for the Air Force to create new partnerships with the launch industry similar to the LSAs.
The U.S. Air Force announced on 2020-08-07 that SpaceX and United Launch Alliance would split the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contracts for launches between 2022 and 2027.
The Department of the Air Force selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to launch national security satellites for U.S. military and intelligence agencies for five years starting in 2022.
SpaceX filed a federal lawsuit in 2014 challenging the Air Force’s block buy contract to United Launch Alliance for Atlas 5 and Delta 4 launches.
The Air Force did not commit to buying a preset number of launches under the Phase 2 contracts.
SpaceX did not secure a Launch Service Agreement award in 2018 that the other three NSSL Phase 2 bidders received from the Air Force.
The state of California agreed on 2020-08-05 with the U.S. Space Force and others to develop commercial space launch infrastructure at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Vandenberg Air Force Base was established in 1941 and is located on the central coast of California.