SpaceX Gets First NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 Launches

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg SFB, California, on April 11.

Credit: Space Force
The U.S. Space Force has tapped SpaceX for the first two launch service orders under its new National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 approach, the service announced Oct. 18. SpaceX is receiving $733.6 million for the two launches, one for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the other...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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