A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX

Space Force launches new effort to share unclassified threat data with commercial industry

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Space Force’s acquisition arm is now able to share unclassified information about on-orbit threats with hundreds of commercial space companies under a new program called “Orbital Watch,” the service announced Tuesday. Space Systems Command’s Front Door — which facilitates the Space Force’s collaboration with commercial industry — launched the Orbital Watch effort March 21 by releasing “an unclassified threat fact sh…

Amazon rocket launch, ULA Atlas V liftoff in Florida: Visibility map shows these cities and states

What time is liftoff? ULA's Atlas V should be visible outside of Florida pending weather. Did your city, state make the rocket launch visibility map?

SpaceX takes over Space Force satellite mission from ULA

SpaceX will take over a U.S. Space Force launch mission for a GPS satellite from United Launch Alliance (ULA). The GPS III lineup boosts accuracy, anti-jamming, and syncing with global navigation systems. On April 7, the Space Systems Command announced that the GPS III SV-08 satellite, the eighth in its series, will lift off no earlier than late May on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The shift aims to…

SpaceX to launch second accelerated GPS 3 satellite mission in late May – Spaceflight Now

Seen here prior to being sealed in its shipping container at Lockheed Martin’s Littleton, Colorado facility, SV08 will join the U.S. Space Force’s operational GPS constellation in orbit. Image: Lockheed Martin. Following the successful accelerated launch of a Global Positioning System on a Falcon 9 rocket in mid-December, the U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin and SpaceX are preparing to launch another GPS 3 satellite on a fast tracked basis. The…

A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX

For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting for a slot on United Launch Alliance's launch schedule. Space Systems Command, which oversees the military's launch program, announced Monday that it is reassigning the launch of a Global Positioning System satellite from ULA's Vulcan rocket to SpaceX's Falcon 9. This satellite, designated GPS III SV-08 (Space Vehicle-08), will join…

Space Force eyes late May launch of next GPS III satellite

The Space Force plans to launch the next GPS III satellite in late May as part of a rapid launch mission to demonstrate the ability to prepare and launch a satellite on truncated timelines.“It highlights another instance of the Space Force’s ability to complete high priority launches on a rapid timescale, which demonstrates the capability to respond to emergent constellation needs as rapidly as Space Vehicle readiness allows,” Col. Jim Horne, se…