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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the U.S Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on May 18, 2021. (United Launch Alliance)

Space Force should make its case for legal changes to help launch ranges: lawmakers

The Space Force may need legal changes to pursue its "Range of the Future."

By Rachel S. Cohen

16 months ago

The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25, 2021. NROL-82 supports the NRO’s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force)

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’

Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago