Tag: Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement

  • ULA, SpaceX split military launch contract awards

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 12 with additional details on launch sites and vehicle configurations. Artist’s illustration of a Vulcan Centaur launch. Credit: United Launch Alliance The U.S. Space Force announced Tuesday that it awarded $384 million in contracts to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, giving each company two missions to launch military satellites in 2023. United…

  • SpaceX drawing up plans for mobile gantry at launch pad 39A

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 27, 2020, with artist’s rendering and dimensions of the mobile gantry. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands at launch pad 39A before liftoff in June 2019 on the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Air Force. Credit: SpaceX With construction already underway at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on facilities for SpaceX’s…