Initial Space Force RG-XX Contracts Could Come Next Month | Aviation Week Network

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Vivienne Machi
January 23, 2026

Artificial starlink satellites moving at high speed above earth Contributor: Aleksia

The RG-XX program will harness commercially derived spacecraft from multiple vendors to provide space situational awareness from geostationary orbit.

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LOS ANGELES—The U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to field a new constellation of commercially derived spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit (GEO), with plans to award initial contracts mere months after releasing a solicitation. The service released a solicitation for the RG-XX program on Jan. 13…

Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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