2023年8月25日

国防创新单位赞助一个快速反应的太空任务丢和美国太空力量授予合同今年秋季为响应发射任务命名Victus阴霾华盛顿——国防创新单位寻求行业投标“战术响应空间”任务,发射提供者只会24小时通知负载离开地面。丢在征集发布8月24日9月7日要求公司提交提案的一个名为Victus阴霾的响应性的太空任务。公司选择这个任务将负责部署一个成像卫星轨道检查潜在的威胁。丢和美国太空力量资助这个项目”解决在轨威胁美国太空系统响应的端到端解决方案,”说,该请求。“美国太空力量正在探索商业提供者的能力迅速实现发射和在轨运行的基础设施。“空间力量预算文件表示,计划花6000万美元在未来两年内战术反应空间示威。分开的任务规划与丢,本月的空间力量开始小企业创新研究计划侧重于战术反应空间。丢在硅谷为基础,是一个国防部组织创建商业技术应用到军事项目。空间力量今年计划推出名为Victus Nox的响应性的太空任务,一个小卫星由年空间将在萤火虫航天火箭发射到轨道上。Victus氮氧化物和Victus阴霾将寻求展示美国能力启动并开始运营一个卫星天而不是它通常需要数月乃至数年。 “Our partnership with DIU provides the right ecosystem, expertise, and mission focus to execute the Victus Haze mission and establish a robust partnership with commercial providers,” said Maj. Jason Altenhofen, deputy for the Space Safari program office under the Space Systems Command. “We started a responsive launch program in 2017 with Space Systems Command to leverage low-cost, high-cadence launch,” said Steven Butow, the director of the space portfolio at DIU. Contract awards projected for fall 2023 DIU expects to award contracts for the Victus Haze mission in fall of 2023. The selected contractors would have 12 to 18 months to build and test the launch vehicle, satellite and ground segment. That would be followed by a “hot standby” phase during which the launch vehicle and satellite would be stored in preparation for a call-up to launch. Upon receiving a notice to launch, the companies would have just 24 hours to be ready to launch the satellite into the correct orbit. The final orbit will be provided with the notice to launch. The Space Force would expect the satellite to be ready for use within 48 hours of launch. Related