The US Space Force announced on Friday that it will grant five of seven critical military missions for the coming fiscal year to the SpaceX of Elon Musk. The prizes are a blessing of $ 714 million to SpaceX, which underline the continuous dominance of the company on Pentagon’s space contracts, despite the fact that the audience of Musk and US President Donald Trump fails earlier this year.
United Launch Alliance (UA) will undertake the other two launches; It received $ 428 million for two launches, according to a press release viewed by Space News.
SpaceX pulls ahead to Pentagon launches
The prizes are awarded under the Launch program of the National Security Space, which earlier this year Steing SpaceX, ULA and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is planned for 54 missions between Fiscal 2027 and 2032 selected as part of the National Security Space Lunch Program (NSSL) – Contracts worth $ 13.5 billion.
“Space is the ultimate high soil, crucial for our national security,” said US Space System Command Official Col. Eric Zarybnisky in a release, per air space and forces.
“We continue to insure access to that high land. Delivering assets on the Warfighter is our ultimate mission, and we trust our strong partnerships about the government industry … to successfully achieve that goal,” said Zarybnisky. Fast Company has contacted the Space Force for Comment.
The missions assigned to SpaceX include launches for a communication satellite, three classified payloads and a reconnaissance satellite. The Space Force makes its prices two years in advance, so these launches will probably start in 2027.
Blue Origin is insisting on Mars Mission
The prices also underline the fact that the new Glenn Rocket from Blue Origin – the rival of the company in the Falcon Heavy of SpaceX – still has to be certified for national security launches. “No missions have been assigned to the third provider, Blue Origin, who has his next opportunity for a mission in FY27,” said Space Systems Command in a statement per Spacenews.
The new Glenn from Blue Origin is planned to launch a NASA mission to Mars As soon as the end of this month—Del started since 2024 – that it could bring certification closer to receiving certification.
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