Space Force Orders Eight Launches From ULA, SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, in May 2021. Space Systems Command has ordered three more Falcon 9 launches and five from United Launch Alliance.
Credit: U.S. Space Command
Space Systems Command (SSC) on May 26 ordered eight launches from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement program. The awards include five to ULA for GPS III-7, USSF-23, USSF-43, WGS-11+ and USSF-16 using the company’s Vulcan Centaur...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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