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SpaceX moves closer to Air Force launches
Hawthorne-based rocket company SpaceX was a big step closer to competing for lucrative U.S. Air Force launches after the military branch’s review of one of the company’s launches.

The Space and Missile Systems Center, the Air Force’s El Segundo-based purchasing arm for rocket launches, said late Tuesday that a SpaceX launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 on Sept. 29 of last year will count toward the company’s certification to carry Air Force payloads.

The company officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. must perform at least three successful flights of a common launch vehicle as part of the certification process.

SpaceX must also pass a number of technical reviews, audits and independent verification, as well as validation of the rocket’s ground systems and manufacturing processes, the Air Force said.

As part of the certification process, the SMC is also assessing two other SpaceX launches, on Dec. 3 of last year and Jan. 6 of this year.

— Muhammed El-Hasan


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SpaceX moves closer to Air Force launches
Hawthorne-based rocket company SpaceX was a big step closer to competing for lucrative U.S. Air Force launches after the military branch’s review of one of the company’s launches.

The Space and Missile Systems Center, the Air Force’s El Segundo-based purchasing arm for rocket launches, said late Tuesday that a SpaceX launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 on Sept. 29 of last year will count toward the company’s certification to carry Air Force payloads.

The company officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. must perform at least three successful flights of a common launch vehicle as part of the certification process.

SpaceX must also pass a number of technical reviews, audits and independent verification, as well as validation of the rocket’s ground systems and manufacturing processes, the Air Force said.

As part of the certification process, the SMC is also assessing two other SpaceX launches, on Dec. 3 of last year and Jan. 6 of this year.

— Muhammed El-Hasan


OSC与军方关系更亲密，安塔瑞斯更是德尔塔2的完美替代者，8000美元的价格相比德尔塔2都算良心……