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After Canceling NRO Launch Competition, Air Force Dangles More Plums for SpaceX

机译:在取消NRO发射竞赛后,空军为SpaceX悬挂了更多的李子

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The U.S. Air Force on Jan. 28 called off a high-profile competition to launch a spy satellite but now intends to put as many as 10 individual launch contracts up for bid between now and the end of 2017, a service official said. The official, who did not want to be identified, said the seven to 10 missions to be awarded competitively - previously seven or eight such contracts were planned through 2017 - would include an unspecified number of GPS 3 satellites. SpaceX, the hard-charging rocket maker seeking to break United Launch Alliance's monopoly in the national security launch market, previously submitted an unsolicited bid to the Air Force to launch the navigation satellites, which appear well suited to the capabilities of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The question now becomes when the Air Force might award its first competitive launch contract in some 15 years. Capt. Chris Hoyler, an Air Force spokesman, said in a Jan. 31 email that the service "will identify the launches as the acquisition strategy matures."
机译:一名服务官员说,美国空军于1月28日取消了一场引人注目的竞争,以发射间谍卫星,但现在打算从现在起到2017年年底之前竞标多达10份单独的发射合同。这位不愿透露姓名的官员说,要竞争性地授予7到10个任务-此前计划到2017年有7或8个这样的合同-将包括数量不明的GPS 3卫星。寻求突破联合发射联盟在国家安全发射市场上的垄断地位的强硬火箭制造商SpaceX此前曾主动向空军提交了发射导航卫星的出价,这些卫星看起来非常适合SpaceX的Falcon 9火箭的能力。现在的问题是,空军何时才能获得大约15年的首份竞争性发射合同。空军发言人克里斯·霍伊尔上尉在1月31日的一封电子邮件中说,该服务“将随着收购战略的成熟确定发射源头。”

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    《Space news》 |2015年第4期|15|共2页
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    MIKE GRUSS;

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