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Space

Millennium Space Systems Completes Design Review for Missile Warning Satellite

By Rachel Jewett

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

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Millennium Space Systems Completes Design Review for Missile Warning Satellite

Millennium Space Systems completes the CDR for its Missile Track Custody program.

Millennium Space Systems reports it has completed a program design review (PDR) for a U.S. Space Force missile tracking satellite in just four months, the company announced Wednesday. The satellite is for Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody (MTC) program. The MTC program is pursuing small satellites in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for missile warning. Millennium Space Systems first received a SSC award for the program last year. The manufacturer based the spacecraft off its flight-proven Altair-spacecraft. Millennium Space Systems is on contract for MTC…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

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