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SpaceX and L3Harris Awarded Pentagon Contracts to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 07 2020, @08:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-does-the-launches? dept.

takyon writes:

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins a $149 million Pentagon contract to build missile-tracking satellites

Elon Musk's SpaceX has landed a $149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon.

SpaceX would build four satellites in its assembly plant in Redmond, Washington, the US Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Monday, per Reuters. The plant is where SpaceX builds satellites for Starlink, a constellation of satellites designed to beam the internet around the world.

This is SpaceX's first government contract to build satellites.

The four satellites would be fitted with a wide-angle infrared missile-tracking sensor supplied by a subcontractor, an SDA official said.

See also: L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:10PM (#1061611)

    this is awesome! now we can get an app that tells us how the underground missile weather will be tomorrow.
    no more surprises when you want to go on a pick nick and no more missiles ruining your day! hurray!