Officials of the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, say the museum has added a Thor Agena A booster to its Missile and Space Gallery. Among the spacecraft launched via Thor boosters were the once highly classified Corona photo reconnaissance satellites. The Thor is the fifth of 10 vehicles the museum plans to add to its space and missile display.
Space Systems Command recently awarded Viasat a contract with a $450 million ceiling to design and field a mission operations center for the command’s burgeoning Space Data Network.