Tag: sierra space
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EDITORIAL: Colorado holds key to the Golden Dome
News last week that Colorado’s Louisville-based Sierra Space has landed a $798 million federal contract to design and build 18 missile warning and tracking satellites reaffirms our state’s pivotal role in the nation’s defense in outer space. It also illustrates the formidable potential of the aerospace sector for the state’s economy. Even as one door…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…