SpaceX to develop high speed rocket to deliver weapons for the US army in 60 minutes

In a revolutionary move, it was anunced on October 7 that X will w be collaborating with US army to build a rocket which will be able to transport weapons anywhere on globe in merely 60 minutes. move came only a few days after X founder and CEO, Elon Musk inked $149 million contract with Pentagon to develop missile-tracking satellites. Re on to kw more about X’s new endeavour.

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X’s new rocket will enable weapon delivery in under 60 minutes

While dressing a virtual conference on Wednesday, October 7, he of US Transportation Command General Stephen Lyons anunced new deal publicly. General Lyons also stated that exploration and techlogy company, X will be assessing technical challenges and costs of this ambitious project. In virtual conference which was aired on NDTA’s (National Defense Transportation Association) official website, it was revealed that up to 80 tons of cargo and weaponry could be transported to anywhere in world in just one hour after deal comes to life.

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Gen. Lyons furr stated that initial tests for same would being as early as 2021. While talking about groundbreaking deal, Gen Lyon said, “Think about moving equivalent of a C-17 paylo anywhere on globe in less than an hour." At this, he was referring to maximum paylo that can be carried by US military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster. It costs USD 218 million per aircraft and can fly at a top speed of 590 mph.

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A report in Times revealed that rocket X is planning to build will be able to travel at 7,500 mph. This means that journey from Florida in US to Afghanistan could be covered in an hour with a paylo equivalent to capacity of C-17 Globemaster. US Air Force's official website states that a C-17 Globemaster can carry a paylo of over 74,000 kilograms. In dition to this, a second company, Exploration Architecture Corporation (XARC) is also set to be a part of Elon Musk's X's project to build a high-speed transportation rocket for US army.

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X recent updates

upcoming launch of NASA’s X Crew-1 mission which aimed at sending four astronauts to International Station has w been postponed to mid-vember.  anuncement was me by  ncy officials on October 11 on its official website and social media handles. decision was taken so that X could get eugh time for completing hardware testing and data reviews. 

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