SpaceX secures $5.9B contract with the US government

SpaceX secures $5.9B contract with the US government

ALBAWABA - Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, the American aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, has secured a contract with the US government valued at approximately $5...

SpaceX has been awarded a nearly $6 billion (€4.47 billion) contract by the U.S. Department of Defense, making Elon Musk's company the prime contractor.

Elon Musk's company SpaceX will use its rockets to launch US military satellites into space. The value of this contract between the billionaire's company and the US government is about $5.9 billion.

The entrepreneur and Trump consultant Elon Musk has received a billion-dollar order from the US government.

With a total of 54 missions by 2029, the U.S. military intends to bring its satellites to space, most of which will carry out SpaceX, the company of Presidential Advisor Elon Musk, and collect nearly six billion US dollars for it. On X, Musk comments ironically on the decision.

SpaceX has been the winner of a US Department of Defense contract worth nearly $6 billion (about 4.474 million euros) whereby Elon Musk's company will become the largest space launch contractor in the US military sector. The $5,923,580,297 contract falls under Phase 3 of military launches and will include the use of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, both from SpaceX, and Vulcan (ULA) and New Glenn (Blue Origin), from other companies, according …