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    National Security Space Launch (NSSL) is a program of the United States Space Force (USSF) intended to assure access to space for United States Department...
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    for use as a launch site for their Shuttle-derived OmegA launch vehicle, for National Security Space Launch flights and commercial launches, before the...
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    2020, the U.S. Space Force awarded ULA a firm, fixed-price indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60% of National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2...
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  • arrangement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for military launches. By 2018, the ULA monopoly on US national security space launch had evaporated. By mid-2017...
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    Transport Layer". 28 February 2022. "Space Systems Command assigns 12 missions for National Security Space Launch Phase 2 FY23 Order Year" (PDF). 8 June...
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  • assignments:" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Space Systems Command announces 21 mission assignments for National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Procurement" (PDF). 31...
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    Center (SMC) to manage the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, which uses government and contract spacecraft to launch important government payloads...
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    launch vehicle created and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It is principally designed for the United States Space Force's National Security...
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    The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle of the Artemis Moon...
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    Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider, defense contractor...
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    with launch and support of the National Security Space Launch, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles. The 5th Space Launch Squadron was activated on 14 April...
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    Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military...
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    The Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) is a unit of the United States Space Force. The Space Launch Delta 45 is assigned to Space Systems Command and headquartered...
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    major Space Forces, and the fictional Starfleet emblem National Security Space Launch Air & Space Forces Association Militarization of space Space Force...
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    OmegA (redirect from Omega launch vehicle)
    intended for launching U.S. national security satellites, as part of the U.S. Department of the Air Force National Security Space Launch (NSSL) replacement...
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  • United Launch Alliance. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First National Security Space Mission...
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    Falcon Heavy launch successfully occurred on 25 June 2019. Since then, Falcon Heavy has been certified for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program...
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    occupied by Sea Launch. As of 2023, ABL is working on a larger rocket to compete for National Security Space Launch contracts. In 2019, ABL Space conducted...
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    US Space Force to simplify timelines, purchases as launches surge Archived 23 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine National Security Space Launch (NSSL...
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    Retrieved 13 December 2023. "NRO celebrates first launch of 2022 and first Falcon 9 National Security Space Launch with NROL-87" (PDF). 2 February 2022. Archived...
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    LC-39A for NASA launches, SLC-40 for United States Space Force national security launches, SLC-4E for polar launches, and South Texas Launch Site for commercial...
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    Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection...
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    Retrieved 10 July 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. [1] National Security Space Launch Report (pages 112)...
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    Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command. It is headquartered...
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    Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program...
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    behind NASA's Space Launch System and SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and closely followed by CASC's Long March 5. It was manufactured by United Launch Alliance (ULA)...
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    Gwynne Shotwell (category SpaceX people)
    National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for bringing affordable, commercially competitive space transportation to NASA and the US National Security Space...
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    through the James Webb Space Telescope, the Great Observatories and associated programs. The Launch Services Program oversees launch operations and countdown...
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  • States Space Force National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. By September 2017, Bezos had invested US$2.5 billion into New Glenn. Space launch market...
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    Falcon 9 (redirect from SpaceX Falcon IX)
    is certified for the National Security Space Launch program and NASA Launch Services Program as "Category 3", which can launch the most expensive, important...
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