Giulia Bernacchi
The US Space Systems Command has awarded SpaceX contracts to launch new missile warning and tracking satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launches will support the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance Office as they build satellite constellations designed to detect and follow advanced missile threats from space.
Worth $739 million, the orders fall under the Pentagon’s National Security Space Launch program, which uses commercial rockets to reduce costs for missions with flexible requirements.
The Launches
The order includes three sets of missions.
The first, known as SDA-2, covers two launches carrying a total of 18 Tracking Layer satellites built by L3Harris, and a separate launch carrying eight Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (F2) Space Vehicles manufactured by Millennium Space Systems.
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