Goodbye Russia! U.S. military New Big Contract To SpaceX After last RD-180 engines launch…
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Goodbye Russia! U.S. military New Big Contract To SpaceX After last RD-180 engines launch…
Finally, the day has come!
The last vestiges of Russia are being wiped out of the US aerospace system. This marks the beginning of a new era.
SpaceX will benefit immensely from this change the most out of anybody, of course. And immediately following this important milestone, they received a valuable contract from the US military, highlighting their pivotal role in the near future.
Let’s delve extensively into these developments on today’s episode of Great SpaceX.
Goodbye Russia! U.S. military New Big Contract To SpaceX After last RD-180 engines launch…
In the last century, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US and Russian aerospace industries maintained a close relationship. This inadvertently allowed Russian technology to penetrate the US aerospace sector, leading to a prolonged dependence on Russia for space missions. A notable example is the Atlas rocket family, which switched to using the RD-180 engine in the mid-1990s.
However, entering the new century, things changed. As a leading aerospace power, the US became increasingly determined to end this dependence, especially as relations with Russia deteriorated. The US reliance on Russia to send astronauts to the ISS in the previous decade was deemed unacceptable.
Goodbye Russia! U.S. military New Big Contract To SpaceX After last RD-180 engines launch…
In 2020, a pivotal turning point occurred. SpaceX, with its Crew Dragon, helped the US regain autonomy in sending crews to the ISS. The only remaining remnant of Russian dependence was the RD-180 engine used in the Atlas 5 rocket. Now, that last echo of a bygone era has also come to an end. While not a complete end, it signifies the end of Russian involvement in US government contracts and operations.
Specifically, on July 30, the Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the USSF-51 mission for the government and military under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contract. According to the schedule, this marks the final mission of the Atlas 5 rocket in ULA’s primary market, launching government and military payloads. While this rocket has 15 more missions planned, they are all private missions, including Boeing Starliner, Amazon Kuiper, and Viasat satellites. For the US government and military, this marks the closing of a chapter—an era written in ink, now bound and shelved.
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