Fwd: [New post] SpaceX Awarded Company’s First-Ever EELV Contract By U.S. Air Force

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: December 5, 2012 5:09:29 PM CST
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Subject: [New post] SpaceX Awarded Company's First-Ever EELV Contract By U.S. Air Force

Jason Rhian posted: "[caption id="attachment_28037" align="aligncenter" width="500"] SpaceX has been awarded an EELV contract by the U.S. Air Force, a first for the company. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / awaltersphoto.com[/caption] HAWTHORNE, Calif., -- Space Exploration Tech" New post on AmericaSpace SpaceX Awarded Company's First-Ever EELV Contract By U.S. Air Force by Jason Rhian HAWTHORNE, Calif., -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has been awarded the contract to launch two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class missions by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) and STP-2 (Space Test Program 2) will fly atop a Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicle [...] Read more of this post Jason Rhian | December 5, 2012 at 6:07 pm | Tags: aerospace, Astronaut, Bolden, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Commercial, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Commercial Resupply Services, COTS, CRS-1, Deep Space Climate Observatory, Dragon Spacecraft, DSCOVR, EELV, Elon Musk, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, Exploration, Explore, F9, Falcon, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Florida, Garver, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, NASA, NewSpace, Obama, OSP-3, rocket, Rocket Systems Launch Program, Rockets, Space, space exploration, Space Launch Complex 40, Space Test Program 2, SpaceX, STP-2, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force's Orbital/Suborbital Program-3, United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, USAF | Categories: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CCAFS, CCDev, Commercial, Commercial Crew Development Program, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Commercial Space, Dragon, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch, NASA, News, Science, Space, Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, Tech, Technology, Titusville, Updates | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7hK Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28008