National security launch schedule not likely impacted by New Glenn disaster
NSSL will be okay because it can still rely on the Falcon 9 workhorse," said Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Blue Origin on track for NSSL certification after second successful New Glenn launch
Blue Origin also stuck the landing of New Glenn's reusable first stage, becoming only the second company after SpaceX to do so.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit in first test flight
Service leaders see the launch vehicle as a future competitor to SpaceX's Falcon series rockets that currently have a lock on the most critical launches under the Defense Department's National Security Space Launch program.
Space Force launches for ULA’s Vulcan slip to next year
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, chief of the Space Force’s Space Systems Command, stated that the service will not move forward with awards for the newest round of the National Security Space Launch program until Congress approves the fiscal 2025 budget.
NRO should concentrate on bigger, badder ‘tripwire’ ISR birds, new report urges
Meanwhile, the report says, the Space Force should be in charge of pursuing large networks of small satellites under the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) — differentiating its "tactical ISR" job from the "strategic" mission of NRO.
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Space Force plans to ‘guarantee’ future launch missions with 3 providers faces near term challenge
While Space Systems Command hasn't publicly expressed concerns, outside observers point out that there is a real possibility that only Elon Musk's SpaceX will be able to undertake National Security Space Launches in the next few years.