Transponder News Satellite TV 19 March 2018
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US Air Force signed a contract for the delivery of GPS III satellites on orbit now SpaceX.
This is the third of this kind of contract, and the first two were signed with the same company - in April 2016 and in March 2017 g.
The developer of launch vehicles receive $290 594 130 for the launch services and the delivery of the three missions GPS III on the scheduled orbit using two single-carrier rockets. The launches will take place from Cape Canaveral at the end 2019 and in 2020 year.
In the fight for contracts to launch satellites SpaceX company competes with United Launch Alliance, formed companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin. So, United Launch Alliance recently received $351 839 510 for delivery into orbit satellites AFSPC-8 and AFSPC-12 US Air Force Space Command.