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The Wide Field of View (WFOV) is a 1,000-kilogram geosynchronous satellite being developed by Millennium Space Systems for the U.S. Air Force.
Virgin Galactic signed a contract on 2019-10-02 with the Italian Air Force to fly a set of research payloads and three people on a future SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight.
The 2019-10-01 sole-source contract follows the Air Force awarding ULA its final contract for five Delta 4 Heavy missions one day earlier.
The 2019-10-01 contract allows the Air Force to launch the AEHF-6, AFSPC-7, and NROL-101 missions on previously ordered Atlas 5 rockets.
The Air Force plans in 2020 to select two companies to split 60/40 all national security launch missions from 2022 to 2026.
The contract announced on 2019-09-26 includes a training package for the Royal Thai Air Force.
Combined, the nine Atlas 5 launches referenced are likely the final Atlas 5 missions the Air Force will fly before transitioning to vehicles selected under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement.
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $98,500,000 contract to United Launch Alliance on 2019-10-01 to complete three Atlas 5 missions scheduled to launch in 2020.
Air Force budget documents for 2017 show per-unit costs of EELV launch vehicles ranged from $117,000,000 to about $159,000,000 depending on configuration.
The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Air Force to end the EELV Launch Capability contract in 2019 and phase out use of the Russian RD-180 engine that powers Atlas 5.
ISISpace announced a contract to build the first Earth observation satellite for the Royal Thai Air Force in September 2018.
The Air Force paid $146,500,000 for NROL-101’s rocket.
The Air Force procured Delta 4 Heavy rockets for NROL-44 and NROL-82 in fiscal year 2017 under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phase 1 Block Buy contract with ULA.
Under the EELV Phase 1 Block Buy contract with ULA, the Air Force agreed to buy 36 launch vehicle booster cores over a five-year period.
The 2019-09-30 Launch Operations Support contract covers infrastructure and launch pad maintenance, range support contractors at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, satellite encapsulation, and propellants.
The Air Force previously procured five Delta 4 Heavy rockets for these missions under contracts awarded to ULA in 2017 and 2018.
The Air Force will award a separate completion contract on 2019-10-01 for launch support operations for the three Atlas 5 missions.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded United Launch Alliance a five-year $1,180,000,000 contract for Launch Operations Support to complete the last planned five Delta 4 Heavy National Reconnaissance Office missions from 2020 through 2024.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 directed the Air Force to discontinue the EELV Launch Capability contract by 2019-12-31 for Atlas 5 and by 2020-12-31 for Delta 4 launch services.
The Royal Thai Air Force was established in 1913.