SpaceX Gets Lion’s Share Of First NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Missions

Vandenberg Launch Complex 3

Space Launch Complex-3 will be Vulcan's West Coast home at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 

Credit: United Launch Alliance
COLORADO SPRINGS—SpaceX is taking the lion’s share of the first missions assigned under the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 contract, as United Launch Alliance’s Western Range launchpad development remains underway. The service’s program executive office for...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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