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    Space Force reassigns GPS satellite launch from ULA to SpaceX

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    2. Blue_Sail on

      Highlights:

      >The U.S. Space Force is transferring the launch of a GPS satellite from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to SpaceX in an effort to reduce a backlog of satellites waiting in storage.

      …

      >To maintain contract obligations with launch providers, the Space Force said a future GPS launch previously assigned to SpaceX will be given back to ULA. ULA’s Vulcan rocket, which recently received certification to fly NSSL missions, has faced development delays and has a backlog of military launches assigned under the NSSL Phase 2 contract awarded in 2020.

      It’s a pretty short article, though, so you should read it anyway.

    3. msears101 on

      This is why it is important to have multiple vendors. When one has issues, the other(s) can cover. This is not a freebie for SpaceX they are trading it for a future launch. This is spacex stepping in when ULA is having issues.

    4. MisterrTickle on

      I was all ready to start shouting about Musk trying to make SoaceX a monopoly whilst he still can by “stealing” launches from other providers. But this is a ULA cock up. With them having a large backlog of launches and not launching sats in an efficient manner (partially due to delays in developing the Vulcan rocket).

      >Lockheed Martin announced April 7 that the **SV-08 spacecraft, which has been ready for launch since 2021**

      “Rusting away” on the ground and depreciating when it should have been in space four years ago.

      I’m fully aware that it should be being kept in a sterile or near sterile environment, with zero humidity so won’t actually rust.

    6. LP14255 on

      Dr. Andrew Aldrin, Buzz Aldrin’s son has been involved with United Launch Alliance. Buzz Aldrin supported trump during the campaign. I wonder how he feels now about Musk’s massive conflict of interest against NASA, previously selected NASA contractors such as ULA and the American people.

    7. Decronym on

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      |Fewer Letters|More Letters|
      |——-|———|—|
      |EELV|[Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_Expendable_Launch_Vehicle)|
      |[FAA](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mly1chi “Last usage”)|Federal Aviation Administration|
      |[Isp](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mly1chi “Last usage”)|Specific impulse (as explained by [Scott Manley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnisTeYLLgs) on YouTube)|
      | |Internet Service Provider|
      |[NSSL](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mlxvluk “Last usage”)|National Security Space Launch, formerly EELV|
      |[Roscosmos](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mlxke5s “Last usage”)|[State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos_State_Corporation)|
      |[SV](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mlxlxtw “Last usage”)|Space Vehicle|
      |[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mlxvluk “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

      |Jargon|Definition|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1jtwc3o/stub/mly1chi “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|

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