SMC Issues Final RFP For Five EELV Launches; SBIRS & 4 Classified Payloads

SMC Issues Final RFP For Five EELV Launches; SBIRS & 4 Classified Payloads
SMC Issues Final RFP For Five EELV Launches; SBIRS & 4 Classified Payloads

CLARIFIED: Adds SMC Comment On Launch Providers WASHINGTON: Last night the Air Force released the final Request For Proposals for five launch contracts for NRO and Air Force Space Command. The most intriguing payload is a code-word program, shared by the NRO and Air Force Space Command, known as SILENTBARKER, which has been described as…

Falcon 9 Explodes At Cape Canaveral; Assured Access In Peril?

Falcon 9 Explodes At Cape Canaveral; Assured Access In Peril?
Falcon 9 Explodes At Cape Canaveral; Assured Access In Peril?

UPDATED: ADDS SMC Statement; 45th Space Wing Statement WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX faces a stark accounting after today’s explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket during engine testing at Cape Canaveral. Hopeful of greatly increased business with Air Force Space Command, who has already awarded one contract to Musk’s company for the second GPS III satellite…