For the second time in six months, SpaceX will use an American military satellite that was in storage, waiting for a lock at the Lancing Scheme of United Launch Alliance.
Space Systems Command, which supervises the army's launch program, announced on Monday that it rejects the launch of a worldwide positioning system satellite from Ula's Vulcan Rocket to SpaceX's Falcon 9 of SpaceX's Falcon 9. This satellite, designated GPS III SV-08 (Space Vehicle-08), will designate itself at the Space Force's Fleet of Navigation Satellites-Ray positioning and timing of the world.
The Space Force booked the Vulcan Rocket to launch this spacecraft in 2023, when Ula hoped to start military satellites on his new rocket against mid -2024. The Vulcan Rocket is now planned to launch its first national security mission around the middle of this year, after the Certification of the Space Force.
With the “Launch Vehicle Trade” the Space Force de GPS III SV-08 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida can launch, according to a press release.
“Sitting on the ground”
With Vulcan now acquitted to launch military missions, his officials hopeful ULA can increase the Rocket's flight gift dance. Vulcan was launched on two demonstration flights last year and Ula eventually wants to launch Vulcan twice a month. ULA -Senuurs have cut out their work for them. The Vulcan disadvantage of the company is now at 89 missions, after the announcement of the Space Force last week of 19 extra launches awarded to ULA.
Last year the most important acquisition officer of the Pentagon for the space wrote a letter to the owners of ULA–Boeing and Lockheed Martin– Inspired concern about ULA's ability to scale the production of the Vulcan rocket.
“There is currently military satellite capacity on the ground because of Vulcan retractions,” Frank Calvelli, the Chief of Space Acquisition of the Pentagon, wrote in the letter.
Vulcan is perhaps at the point to deliver for the Space Force, but there are several military loads in the queue to launch on Vulcan before GPS III SV-08, which was complete and was stored in the Lockheed Martin factory in Colorado.
Colonel Jim Horne, senior equipment leader of the implementation of the launch, said in a statement that the Rocket swap shows the power of the Space Force to launch in three months after call-up compared to the typical planning cycle of two years. “It emphasizes a different copy of the power of the Space Force to complete high priority launch on a quick time scale, which shows the possibility of responding to emerging constellation that has needs quickly if the readiness of the space vehicle allows,” Horne said.
