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SpaceX wins US military approval to launch on reused Falcon boosters – Teslarati
A United States military contract with SpaceX has been modified to allow future launches aboard reused Falcon 9 boosters, saving the US tens of millions of dollars. The series of Lockheed Martin built GPS III satellites operated by the U.S. Space Force’s Spac…
A United States military contract with SpaceX has been modified to allow future launches aboard reused Falcon 9 boosters, saving the US tens of millions of dollars.
The series of Lockheed Martin built GPS III satellites operated by the U.S. Space Forces Space and Missile Systems Center has been traditionally launched on new expendable boosters. The first two GPS III spacecraft launched on an expendable Falcon 9 and a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.
An earlier contract modificatio…
