A joint team of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on 21 May at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The missile was equipped with a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle and travelled approximately 4,200 miles to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

U.S. Space Force awards $4 billion contract to modernise space launch ranges

The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded the Space Force Range Contract (SFRC) to Jacobs Technology, Inc., with a total ceiling value of $4 billion.

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