Ever since SpaceX first launched a Falcon 9 rocket in June 2010, the spaceflight corporation has been slowly but surely clawing its way up the launch vehicle food chain. Recent contracts for high priority defense launches, including a spy satellite launch for the National Reconnaissance Office in May and the upcoming August launch of the Air Force's X-37B unmanned spaceplane, are indications that the government has begun to trust SpaceX as a reliable launch provider for national security payloads.
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