Space Vector – Spaceflight Now

June 24, 2021

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[ June 22, 2021 ] Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station Atlas 5
[ June 21, 2021 ] Photos: SpaceX rocket launches, then lands, on Space Force mission Falcon 9
[ June 21, 2021 ] Chinese military payloads deployed on Long March 2C rocket launch Mission Reports
[ June 20, 2021 ] Photos: Surplus missile motor from 1960s launches classified NRO satellites Mission Reports
[ June 20, 2021 ] Spacewalkers unfurl first of six new space station solar arrays Mission Reports

U.S. military to award smallsat launch contracts using COVID-19 relief funds

June 19, 2020

The U.S. military said this week it plans to award rideshare small satellite launch contracts to six U.S. companies using funds appropriated to help stabilize the defense industrial base amid the coronavirus pandemic.