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Space Force Payload Launches Aboard Allied Satellite in Historic First

Aug. 12, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Aug. 9, it carried to orbit a historic collaboration between the Space Force and a foreign country—two satellites procured by Space Norway hosting USSF payloads for Arctic communications. 

U.S., Partner Space Launches on Track as Importance of International Collaboration Grows

May 12, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Space and Missile Systems Center boss Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, speaking May 12 during a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Power Forum, said strengthening ties with allies is increasingly important in both realizing “big-time” cost savings and speeding up the delivery of operational ...

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