SpaceX Beats Out ULA For Latest GPS III Launch Contract

Credit: Falcon 9: SpaceX
SpaceX beat out United Launch Alliance (ULA) to win a $96.5 million contract to launch a next-generation GPS III satellite to orbit, a huge victory for Elon Musk’s space venture. The award is SpaceX’s second U.S. Air Force launch contract for a GPS III satellite, but the first for which it faced a...

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