Space Systems Command on May 8 announced it has released a draft solicitation for the Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 contract. “The STEP 2.0 aims to advance the Space Force’s Science and Technology enterprise by procuring commercially developed spacecraft with demonstrated flight heritage to host DOD-sponsored payloads over the next 10 years,” SSC said in the announcement. The Space Force expects to choose multiple vendors by December for its STEP 2.0 experiment, Col. Jonathan Shea, head of DOD STP, told...
