Space Force awards $2.5 billion in rocket contracts to SpaceX and ULA for 21 launches
Publishing timestamp: 2023-11-01 16:26:25
Summary
The U.S. Space Force has assigned 21 rocket launches to SpaceX and ULA under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 program. ULA received assignments for 11 missions valued at $1.3 billion, while SpaceX received 10 missions valued at $1.23 billion. The missions are scheduled to launch over the next two to three years. This comes as Space Force prepares to ramp up the NSSL program with Phase 3, which will involve buying an estimated 90 launches.
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