SpaceX wins a $2.29bn Space Force contract for the Golden Dome backbone

SpaceX won a $2.29 billion contract from the US Space Force to develop the Space Data Network Backbone using Starshield satellites, aimed at supporting the Golden Dome missile-defence initiative with a prototype due by end of 2027.

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