Breaking News | SpaceX wins second GPS 3 launch contract

March 14, 2017 View this email in your browser SpaceX wins its second GPS 3 launch contract SpaceX beat United Launch Alliance to win a $96.5 million contract to launch a GPS 3 navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2019, the U.S. Air Force announced March 14. The award is SpaceX's second Air Force launch contract for a GPS 3 satellite but the first for which it faced a competing bid. ULA elected not to bid on a launch contract the Air Force awarded to SpaceX last April for a 2018 launch of a GPS 3  satellite. That contract was for $82.7 million, about half of what ULA normally charges for an Atlas 5 launch. See Full Story   Sponsored by Copyright © 2017 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314