SpaceX Cleared to Loft US Spy Satellites Using Reusable Boosters
- US Space Force certifies Falcon Heavy rocket’s improvements
- Elon Musk may gain a temporary edge over Boeing-Lockheed team
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won certification from the Pentagon’s Space Force to use recyclable boosters on its Falcon Heavy rocket to launch top-secret spy satellites, according to the service.
It may give Musk’s insurgent company at least a temporary edge in its latest competition with a Boeing-Lockheed joint venture that once had a monopoly on the Defense Department’s satellite launches.