Elon Musk’s SpaceX granted nearly USD 300 million by US Department of Defense

The US Department of Defense has announced awards for various ventures including Elon Musk's SpaceX. The space agency has been awarded a USD 297,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to pursue some of the important space programs.

The investment will see SpaceX launch three crucial missions, including the NROL-87, NROL-85, and AFSPC-44 missions, to their intended orbits. NROL stands for National Reconnaissance Office Launch and AFSPC stands for Air Force Space Command.

The contract will include launch vehicle production, mission integration, mission launch operations/spaceflight worthiness and mission unique activities for each mission.

The NROL-85 and NROL-87 are expected to be completed by December 2021 while the AFSPC-44 is expected to be completed earlier by February 2021.