The space company will launch reconnaissance satellites for the US military into orbit.
Elon Musk's space company receives a total of $ 159.7 million from the Pentagon. SpaceX will use it to transport special spacecraft for the US military into orbit.
The relevant contracts stipulate that reconnaissance satellites for the Pentagon will be put into orbit as part of the USSF-36 and NROL-69 missions.
In the next two years, the satellites will take off on board a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg military base or from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Existing contracts with the Pentagon
In October last year, the Pentagon also signed a $ 149 million contract with SpaceX. It was agreed that Elon Musk's space company would build military satellites for the Pentagon.
The espionage satellites are to be equipped with a technology that can be used to track military projectiles and missiles.
Pentagon and Elon Musk
In 2019, the Pentagon had it checked whether Elon Musk is still trustworthy at all. The tech billionaire previously caused a stir when he smoked a joint on a live podcast.
Now that the Pentagon has signed contracts with SpaceX worth a total of just over 300 million dollars, the review should have come to a positive result. The Pentagon's security clearance for Elon Musk appears to remain in place.
