SpaceX Only Bidder In Air Force Launch Contract
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NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial spacecraft and rocket developer led by Elon Musk, looks to be the only bidder in a U.S. Air Force contract , to send a next generation GPS satellite into space. The move comes as competitor United Launch Alliance (ULA) declined to put in a bid, as a result of being unable to use a Russian built RD-180 engine as part of the bid.
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