After expressing an interest in the market two years ago, SpaceX has finally been approved to tender for lucrative contracts to launch US military satellites into orbit.
The US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Centre announced on May 27 it had approved Space X’s involvement in its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will provide an alternative rocket provider as it goes head-to-head with United Launch Alliance (a Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture), who for the…
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