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U.S. Space Force awards Firefly $21.8 million contract for rapid-response launch mission (spacenews.com)

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The contract, announced by the Space Systems Command Feb. 13, is for a mission dubbed Victus Sol that will utilize Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The launch is part of the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program, which aims to demonstrate the Space Force’s capability to rapidly deploy satellites during national security emergencies.

Details about the payload, mission objectives, and launch timeline are not being disclosed, according to a Space Safari spokesperson. Space Safari, the New Mexico-based office managing the TacRS program, operates under the Space Systems Command.

“This mission will provide the operational capability to have a launch vehicle and space vehicle on standby while we continue to launch other commercial and government missions until we’re called up by the Space Force,” said Firefly CEO Jason Kim.

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