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US Air Force suspends SpaceX rocket project on Pacific atoll: Report
- This week, the US Air Force halted its collaboration with SpaceX on trials aimed at delivering cargo via hypersonic rockets from Johnston Atoll.
- The suspension followed environmental concerns raised by biologists about harm to seabirds nesting on the remote Pacific wildlife refuge.
- The program intended to evaluate rocket re-entry vehicles capable of rapidly transporting payloads weighing up to 100 tons to any location around the globe in roughly 90 minutes.
- In April, U.S. Space Command divided a $13.6 billion procurement among SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for National Security Space Launches.
- The suspension delays efforts to modernize military logistics and raises questions about managing federal launch infrastructure amid rising launch cadence.
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US Air Force suspends SpaceX rocket project on Pacific atoll, says report
The US Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk's SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the US...
The US Air Force has suspended plans to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, which, according to an earlier announcement, was to take place with the SpaceX company of American billionaire Elon Musk, according to a report published in Stars and Stripes magazine, an independent publication of the US military.
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