"Space Force and NASA Budget Updates: Quick Launches and Economic Benefits"

The US Space Force has requested $60 million over the next two years for tactically responsive space, which would allow partners to launch satellites within 24 hours. The initiative aims to quickly replace lost satellites, including those shot down by enemy forces during war time. The Pentagon first expressed a desire for tactically responsive space in 2019, and Space Force demonstrated it in 2021. An upcoming mission called Victus Nox aims to demonstrate it again, and launch services company Firefly Aerospace and satellite manufacturer Millennium Space Systems have been awarded a contract for it.