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Rocket Lab USA secures $14.49 million contract from U.S. Space Force for Electron mission launch, enhancing Assured Access to Space capabilities.

Rocket Lab has announced a new $14.49 million task order award from the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to launch another Electron rocket from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Rocket Lab said it was awarded a $14.49 million task order by the U.S. Space Force to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2. The mission, called Space Test Program-30, falls under the Space Systems Command Assured Access to Space organization and is part of Orbital Services Program-4.

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The US Space Force's unfunded project list includes classified programs and infrastructure needs, such as communications and launch capabilities.

Among the unclassified programs listed, the Space Force could use an additional $160 million to establish a "working capital fund" to be used for purchasing commercial satellite communications.

Their business may read like a sci-fi script, but these aging astronauts, former Nasa engineers, technocrats, and high-risk junkies are serious about selling space.

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday will launch the first Falcon Heavy mission in over three years, a towering rocket that is the most powerful currently in service.

Among 72 payloads making up Transporter-8 mission were craft for the Defense Department and Vatican

Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 - Space Systems Command (SSC)s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDA&CP), is preparing to launch the Space Test Program (STP)-CR2301 mission to deliver three experimental satellites to Low Ear