Launches in 24 hours to defend space: the US Space Force invests 62 million
The Space Force's Space Systems Command today announced that two industrial suppliers will receive contracts for the Victus Haze rapid launch program, worth a total of $62 million.
The Victus Haze rapid launch system is nothing more than an emergency launcher designed to be operational within 24 hours of the launch order. Its purpose is to intervene in emergency situations, for example when an enemy attack puts an essential satellite or constellation of satellites out of service. Let's say it is the insurance policy in the event of a space attack. This is the third phase of the Tactically Responsive Space-3 (TacRS-3) program.
Rocket Lab National Security was awarded a $32 million contract through the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, while True Anomaly was awarded $30 million through the SpaceWERX office. Interestingly, the release adds that True Anomaly will “leverage $30 million in internal private capital” for the effort.
Rocket Lab National Security launcher
Top Space Force officials praised the success of September's Victus Nox demonstration, which involved Firefly Aerospace's launch vehicle and a spacecraft developed by Boeing's Millennium Space Systems, as a turning point for the service in future great-power competition.
“We recognize the significant opportunity to leverage the innovations of the commercial space industry to counter China, which poses America's most pressing threat,” Col. Bryon McClain, SSC program manager for Space, said in a statement. Domain Awareness and Combat Power. “The United States has the most innovative space industry in the world. VICTUS HAZE will demonstrate, under realistic operational conditions, our ability to respond to irresponsible behavior in orbit.”
As part of the mission, the two companies “will demonstrate their ability to build spacecraft (SV) capable of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and command and control centers with a delivery target no later than fall 2025,” it said. reads in the declaration. Each supplier will be “assigned unique launch and mission profiles.”
True Anomaly will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida or Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, while Rocket Lab will launch via its Electron launch vehicle from Mahia, New Zealand, or Wallops Island, Virginia.
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