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Frank Rubio breaks NASA record of time in space, ULA extremely salty about Space Forces plan to select three national security launch providers, Space Force releasing information about how they will integrate commercial satellite services
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/a-nasa-astronaut-will-finally-spend-a-full-year-in-space/
> A NASA astronaut will finally spend a full year in space
> Because of the Soyuz leak, Rubio has now become the NASA astronaut with the longest continuous period of time in space. Last Monday, he broke the 355-day record set by Mark Vande Hei in 2021 and 2022, and when he lands later this month, Rubio will have spent 371 days in space.
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https://spacenews.com/ula-has-no-issues-with-space-force-plan-to-select-three-national-security-launch-providers/
> ULA has ‘no issues’ with Space Force plan to select three national security launch providers
> Currently ULA and SpaceX are the only NSSL launch providers. The Space Force said it would like to work with three
> “From what we saw relative to Lane 2 and the addition of a third provider, we didn’t see any issues with that,” Wentz said during a panel discussion at the Global Aerospace Summit organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
> ULA’s CEO Tory Bruno in July expressed concerns about the Phase 3 strategy and said he was still reviewing the details. One of Bruno’s concerns was that “it’s not a competition if everybody wins.”
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https://spacenews.com/space-force-to-release-guidelines-for-the-use-of-commercial-satellite-services/
> Space Force to release guidelines for the use of commercial satellite services
> Saltzman: ‘One way we are enhancing our relationships with commercial partners is through a soon to be released commercial space strategy’
> WASHINGTON — U.S. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said the Space Force is finalizing a blueprint for how it will integrate commercial satellite services into military activities.