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U.S. Space Force Assigns 12 Phase 2 NSSL Missions–6 Each for SpaceX, ULA

U.S. Space Force Assigns 12 Phase 2 NSSL Missions–6 Each for SpaceX, ULA
Panelists confer at February's Space Mobility Conference in Orlando, Fla. to shed insight on spaceports, and the future of launch. giving insight on the changing landscape of spaceports, the future of launch. Space Systems Command has created a Space Access, Mobility and Logistics program as part of the command's Assured Access to Space directorate to explore the refueling of satellites in low Earth and geosynchronous orbits space; space tugs, the removal of orbital debris and activities in cislunar space (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA)--six for each provider--under the fiscal 2023 NSSL Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract, SSC said on June 8th. ULA is a Boeing [BA]/Lockheed Martin [LMT] partnership. Under SSC's newly announced assignments, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets will launch three low Earth orbit satellites from the western range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the Space Development…

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