The commander of the US Air Force Center for Space and Missile Systems, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, called the “envy” of the whole world. The military statement cites C4ISRNET.
“The United States' space launch industry is the envy of the entire world,” Thompson said. According to him, the success of the United States in the space launch market is due to the innovations of SpaceX.
As the newspaper writes, the United States Air Force chose this company to launch the fifth and sixth satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS). According to the updated agreement, the missions are supposed to use the previously used first stages of the heavy rocket Falcon 9, “which will save taxpayers $ 52.7 million.”
In September, US Air Force Procurement Director Will Roper said the military was impressed by SpaceX's Starlink satellites while testing the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) in early September during a military exercise.
