Space X and ULA have signed contracts for $ 650 million with the Pentagon
Industrial titans United Launch Alliance and SpaceX recently secured themselves with launch contracts for the benefit of the US Air Force worth about $ 650 million, the Pentagon said Wednesday .
The United Launch Alliance received a $ 355 million contract to deliver two Air Force spacecraft to orbit, designated AFSPC-8 and AFSPC-12. It is expected that launches from the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral will be completed in June 2020 and March 2020, respectively.
"The United Launch Alliance is honored to be chosen to launch these mission-critical satellites for our country's national security," the ULA said on Wednesday. "The reliability of the launch of the satellites of our customers remains our top priority, as in our more than 125 successful launches."
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Not so long ago, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) company carried out launches exclusively in the interests of national security. This monopoly of ULA ended when SpaceX began to fight for payload launches in the interests of the military and security services. The first launch was carried out in May 2017, commissioned by the National Intelligence Agency, in the form of a secret satellite NROL-76. SpaceX cannot boast of such reliability of launches as the United Launch Alliance and so far SpaceX gets low-cost satellites, the loss of which is not critical.
SpaceX's lower price triumphed over ULA. In 2016, the US Air Force signed a contract with SpaceX for $ 83 million to launch a GPS III satellite, and in March 2017 another contract was won to launch another GPS 3 satellite worth $ 96.5 million.
On Wednesday, SpaceX contracted the US Air Force for $ 290 million to launch three more next-generation global positioning satellites, known as GPS III. It is expected that the first launch will begin with the “space coast” by March 2020, either from the launch complex SLC-40 of the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral, or from the launch site LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center.
“We are pleased with the decision of the US Air Force to choose SpaceX for all five launches of GPS III satellites,” said Gwynn Shotwell, President of SpaceX. "We look forward to the successful completion of these important launches for national security."
Also on Wednesday it became known about the choice of SpaceX to launch two satellites on Falcon 9 rockets in 2021 for the satellite photography company DigitalGlobe - the first batch of the WorldView Legion satellites.
“We appreciate DigitalGlobe, who chose two Falcon 9 launches, to reliably deliver their satellites into orbit,” Shotwell said in a statement released by Maxar, the parent company of DigitalGlobe.
Among the clients of DigitalGlobe is the Pentagon, with whom the company has long-term contracts.
Photo of the press service of the US Department of Defense defense.gov
At this time, the company operates satellites WorldView-1, GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, WorldView-4. For example, the satellite WorldView-3 allows you to shoot through the fog and smoke:
PS The article caused a heated discussion, in particular, real prices for Falcon and Proton. For those interested in this issue, I recommend viewing the comments, for example:
geektimes.ru/post/299097/#comment_10685619
The United Launch Alliance received a $ 355 million contract to deliver two Air Force spacecraft to orbit, designated AFSPC-8 and AFSPC-12. It is expected that launches from the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral will be completed in June 2020 and March 2020, respectively.
"The United Launch Alliance is honored to be chosen to launch these mission-critical satellites for our country's national security," the ULA said on Wednesday. "The reliability of the launch of the satellites of our customers remains our top priority, as in our more than 125 successful launches."
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Not so long ago, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) company carried out launches exclusively in the interests of national security. This monopoly of ULA ended when SpaceX began to fight for payload launches in the interests of the military and security services. The first launch was carried out in May 2017, commissioned by the National Intelligence Agency, in the form of a secret satellite NROL-76. SpaceX cannot boast of such reliability of launches as the United Launch Alliance and so far SpaceX gets low-cost satellites, the loss of which is not critical.
SpaceX's lower price triumphed over ULA. In 2016, the US Air Force signed a contract with SpaceX for $ 83 million to launch a GPS III satellite, and in March 2017 another contract was won to launch another GPS 3 satellite worth $ 96.5 million.
On Wednesday, SpaceX contracted the US Air Force for $ 290 million to launch three more next-generation global positioning satellites, known as GPS III. It is expected that the first launch will begin with the “space coast” by March 2020, either from the launch complex SLC-40 of the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral, or from the launch site LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center.
“We are pleased with the decision of the US Air Force to choose SpaceX for all five launches of GPS III satellites,” said Gwynn Shotwell, President of SpaceX. "We look forward to the successful completion of these important launches for national security."
Also on Wednesday it became known about the choice of SpaceX to launch two satellites on Falcon 9 rockets in 2021 for the satellite photography company DigitalGlobe - the first batch of the WorldView Legion satellites.
“We appreciate DigitalGlobe, who chose two Falcon 9 launches, to reliably deliver their satellites into orbit,” Shotwell said in a statement released by Maxar, the parent company of DigitalGlobe.
Among the clients of DigitalGlobe is the Pentagon, with whom the company has long-term contracts.
Photo of the press service of the US Department of Defense defense.gov
At this time, the company operates satellites WorldView-1, GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, WorldView-4. For example, the satellite WorldView-3 allows you to shoot through the fog and smoke:
PS The article caused a heated discussion, in particular, real prices for Falcon and Proton. For those interested in this issue, I recommend viewing the comments, for example:
geektimes.ru/post/299097/#comment_10685619
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