The Pentagon commissioned SPACEX to build missile tracking satellites.
THE PENTAGON COMMISSIONED SPACEX TO BUILD MISSILE-TRACKING SATELLITES 21 HOURS AGO__DAN ROBITZSKI__ FILED UNDER: HARD SCIENCE PIXABAY/VICTOR TANGERMANN Commissions Open! SpaceX just partnered with the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to manufacture four new satellites that the Pentagon will use to detect and track missiles from space. The $149 million contract is for four satellites, according to Reuters , which are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2022. The actual missile-tracking sensors will be developed by a separate subcontractor and attached to the satellites later, but the military is hoping to piggyback on SpaceX’s recent success in ramping up satellite production for its Starlink network . Growing Partnership SpaceX and the Pentagon have worked together in the past, and the Army even proposed adding a software update to the existing Starlink network to improve global navigation. But this is the firs...