Report Finds Lack Of Key Parts At Space Force Launch Bases

Brian Everstine January 07, 2022
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle, carrying the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 9 Observatory satellite and with four cubesats from the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office, is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in September 2021.
Credit: U.S. Space Force
The Space Force’s two launch ranges have a shortage of spare parts for critical systems, which could affect future launches as the service projects a vast increase in missions, a new Pentagon report says. The Defense Department Inspector General, in an investigation released Jan. 7, found that the...
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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