SpaceX\, ULA win large government launch contracts
SpaceX, ULA win large government launch contracts
Saturday, 8 August 2020 () Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020
The U.S. military on Friday awarded two new defense contracts worth billions of dollars to space launch companies United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, which won a four-way competition, defeating Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman. The contract award means ULA and Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch about three dozen national security missions from 2022 to 2026 - at a price tag of about $1 billi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the10th batch of Starlink satellites forthe company's internet satellite constellation system and two spacecraft fromSpaceflight customer BlackSky launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida earlyFriday. The rocket carried with it 59 satellites for deployment. The...
Saturday, 8 August 2020 ()
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020