SpaceX Wins $83 Million Air Force Contract to Launch GPS Satellite in 2018

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 10:10 in Astronomy & Space

SpaceX has won an $82.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to launch a next-generation GPS satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket in May 2018, the first of nine launch contracts the Defense Department plans to put out for bid over the next three years

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