An upcoming experiment could make it possible for the U.S. Space Force to launch replacement satellites with just 24 hours notice.
the contract on August 15, and it will need to provide a small satellite bus equipped with a space domain awareness sensor, in addition to overseeing in-orbit operations.
Firefly, which signed its contract on September 29, needs to provide a single launch service within the 2023 calendar year as part of the Victus Nox TacRS mission. The Texas-based rocket company’s contract isMillennium Space needs to provide the satellite by the end of April. “That’s our deadline to make sure that everything is ready to go,” BirchenoughSpaceNews, saying the project will then shift into a “standby phase” that could last six months or longer.
an actual operation when there would be “indications and warnings” that an attack could happen, Birchenough said. “At some point during that standby phase, we would get a phone call and Victus Nox would enter a short activation period of about 60 hours.” It’s during that 60-hour period that the satellite would be transported to the launch site and integrated with the launch vehicle. “And then we go into an alert phase, which could last a few days or up to a couple of months.”
The 24-hour call-up would come during the alert phase, she said. “And after that we have a goal to be mission capable in a very short time period as well.”Following Victus Nox, the Space Force will continue to develop its tactically responsive space capabilities, bringing in different launch providers and satellite manufacturers., becoming just the fifth U.S. company to launch a rocket to orbit.
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