SpaceX has landed another major win from the U.S. government, securing $739 million in new Pentagon launch contracts that will send a new wave of military satellites into orbit over the next several years.
The U.S. Space Force announced on Friday that SpaceX was awarded all nine missions under the latest round of National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders. None of the contracts were split with competitors, making it a clean sweep for Elon Musk’s aerospace company.
The launches will support both the Space Development Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office, two of the most important organizations responsible for protecting and monitoring U.S. national security from space.
These missions are focused on building out a new generation of missile warning and tracking satellites. Unlike older systems that relied on a small number of large and expensive spacecraft, the new approach uses many smaller satellites flying in low Earth orbit. This allows the U.S. military to track threats more quickly, more accurately, and with far greater resilience.
A major portion of the contract supports the Space Development Agency, which is rolling out a large network designed to detect and follow advanced missile threats, including fast and maneuverable weapons that are harder to spot. SpaceX will handle multiple launches to place dozens of these satellites into orbit between 2026 and 2027. Some of those spacecraft are being built by L3Harris and Lockheed Martin, while others come from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary.
Another part of the contract covers several launches for the National Reconnaissance Office. These missions are classified, but they typically involve satellites used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, giving the U.S. government a detailed view of activity around the world from space. These flights are scheduled to run into 2028.
SpaceX’s growing dominance in U.S. military launches is not new. In late 2025, the company won the majority of available national security missions, beating out competitors like United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin. In 2024, SpaceX also received a Pentagon contract to expand Ukraine’s access to its secure Starshield satellite network, a military version of Starlink.
