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SpaceX’s reused rockets will carry national security payloads for the first time – Yahoo Finance Australia
SpaceX’s reused rockets will soon carry US national security payloads, starting with a GPS satellite in 2021.
SpaceX has been reusing rockets for years, but theyve been off-limits for some crucial launches. Theyll get more use soon, however. The private spaceflight company has signed a contract with the US Space Force to reuse a Falcon 9 booster rocket for the first time on a National Security Space Launch mission. The previously-launched vehicle will carry the fifth GPS III satellite to orbit in 2021.
The firm had been allowed to recover boosters for GPS III missions, but had to use fresh examples for…
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