| Customers: U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon)
Contractors: Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Project date: 2020/10
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As it became known at the beginning of October, 2020 SpaceX company which belongs to Elon Musk, signed the public contract with the Agency of space development of the USA (SDA) for $149 million SpaceX will be engaged in creation of satellites for the Pentagon which are intended trackings of rockets.
According to Reuters, the SpaceX company will use the Starlink plant in Redmond for development of four satellites with the wide angle infrared sensor of tracking rockets.
The technology company L3 Harris Technologies which was earlier called Harris Corporation received $193 million for construction of four more satellites from the Agency of space development of the USA. It is expected that SpaceX and L3 Harris Technologies will deliver satellites for start by the fall of 2022.
Financing of developments is provided to the companies within the first stage of the Agency of space development of the USA in purchase of satellites for detection and tracking of rockets, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBM) which can move to long distances and which are difficult for tracing and intercepting. It is supposed that they will transfer data on threats to satellites of "a transport layer" of defense space architecture of the Defense Ministry which project participants intend to place on a low earth orbit.
In 2019 SpaceX received from the Air Force $28 million for use of young satellite network Starlink for testing of the ciphered Internet services with a number of military airplanes, from the Air Force did not arrive any orders for development of the Starlink satellites.
In August, 2020 Elon Musk's company also signed the contract for $316 million for start of spacecrafts in 2022-2027 financial years for the benefit of U.S. Army. Development of rockets for orbital missions remains the main field of activity of SpaceX nevertheless.[1]
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