As part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen Japan’s space capabilities to ensure its national security, the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo has requested about 165.4 billion yen for space-related defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024. The Defense Ministry’s budget request includes 17.2 billion yen to acquire Japan’s first SDA satellite, which is scheduled to be launched in …
Elon Musk's SpaceX won a $149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the U.S. Space Development Agency said on Monday, in the company's first government contract to build satellites. SpaceX, known for its reusable rockets and astronaut capsules, is ramping up satellite production for Starlink, a growing constellation of hundreds of internet-beaming satellites that chief executive Elon …
Elon Musk's SpaceX has won a $149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the US Space Development Agency announced. Scroll down for video Elon Musk's SpaceX has won a $149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon with the U.S. Space Development Agency. The firm will build four satellites fitted with a wide-angle infrared missile-tracking …
