Reuters reports:
SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies.
The network is being built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit under a $1.8 billion contract signed in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, the sources said.
The Wall Street Journal reported in February the existence of a $1.8 billion classified Starshield contract with an unknown intelligence agency without detailing the purposes of the program.
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Exclusive: Musk’s SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say https://t.co/SJl6mY6Gjm pic.twitter.com/48RclwqJEz
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2024
It’s amazing how weak and thin skinned @elonmusk #SissySpaceX is, cancelling @donlemon because he was a meanie.
Elon is a us contractor. That needs reviewed and cancelled.
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)
(@AdamKinzinger) March 14, 2024
The defense department contractor: https://t.co/wIfrPG4JG0
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)
(@AdamKinzinger) March 16, 2024
The Us govt must reassess @elonmusk contractor status. If a private citizen acted like this in any other capacity he would lose his security clearance https://t.co/6oPrKvpfU5
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)
(@AdamKinzinger) July 30, 2023