Elon Musk's SpaceX wins Pentagon missile-tracking satellite contract - Business Insider

The four satellites would be fitted with a wide-angle infrared missile-tracking sensor supplied by a subcontractor, an SDA official said.

The award is the SDA's first step to acquiring satellites that can track intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are difficult to intercept. US technology company L3Harris Technologies was also awarded $193 million to build another four satellites for the SDA. Both SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies are expected to have the satellites ready for launch by 2022.

This is not the first contract SpaceX has won from the Pentagon: In August it won part of a billion-dollar agreement with the Department of Defense toThe news comes after the Bank of America said on September 28 that in the next decade, as it predicted a boom in satellite equipment and new areas of the space market, such as space tourism.Your morning cheat sheet to get you caught up on what you need to know in tech. Sign up to 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today.By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Business Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our

But what if they are launched from behind his satellites strait down to earth at the speed of light? *throws monkey wrench and runs*

What a surprise. Elon is a realDonaldTrump sycophant

Model 2 FundingSecured😂

Any chance of getting a contract to build satellite-seeking missiles? Particularly ones that teat the near-earth orbit as commercial property?

So THAT'S why elonmusk became a very vocal Trump supporter

Was probably pre-selected rather than winning anything elonmusk

CheetahPlains Further proof that private enterprise does it more efficiently than government. South African government have had 800 SOEs prove the point but still don’t/won’t see the light. 🇿🇦

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W

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Of course he wins, (149M)

Smh.

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