{"id":68744,"date":"2024-10-23T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/23\/space-force-orders-more-missile-tracking-satellites-from-millennium\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:14:53","slug":"space-force-orders-more-missile-tracking-satellites-from-millennium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2024\/10\/23\/space-force-orders-more-missile-tracking-satellites-from-millennium\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force orders more missile-tracking satellites from Millennium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millennium Space Systems will build six more satellites in the first phase of an effort to develop a constellation of missile-tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit, the Space Force announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm, a Boeing subsidiary, was already on contract to deliver six spacecraft for the Missile Track Custody, or MTC, program, and the new order deal brings its total contribution to 12. The first batch of satellites is on track for delivery in 2026 and the company plans to deliver the second batch of satellites in late 2027, Lindsay Dewald, Millennium\u2019s program manager for the effort, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have successfully demonstrated the maturation of our design in all of our review milestones to date, addressed technical concerns that the customer may have and are moving full force into the production and integration test phase,\u201d Dewald said in an interview Tuesday. \u201cThe dedicated production line that we\u2019ve stood up for MTC is something that enables us to add additional vehicles and be ready to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $386 million contract is less than the $509 million deal the company was awarded for the first six satellites. Dewald attributed that change to the efficiencies that come with increasing production quantities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new order follows Space Systems Command\u2019s decision in May to oust RTX from the program. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/01\/06\/raytheon-millennium-get-more-funding-for-missile-tracking-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">had been on contract to deliver three satellites<\/a> but struggled to maintain cost and schedule performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking Wednesday at SSC\u2019s Space Industry Days event in Los Angeles, Col. 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Today, those satellites either reside in geosynchronous orbit \u2014 about 22,000 miles above Earth \u2014 or in highly elliptical orbit beyond GEO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/15\/space-development-agency-to-launch-next-missile-warning-satellites-earlier-than-expected\/\">The Space Development Agency<\/a> is also launching a fleet of more than 100 satellites in low Earth orbit, less than 1,200 miles above the equator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through MTC, the service plans to launch warning and tracking satellites to medium Earth orbit, located between 1,200 and 2,200 miles above Earth, where space sensors can observe a larger area. The Space Force expects to upgrade the satellites\u2019 technology, launching new batches, or epochs, of spacecraft every few years. 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