Space RCO Preparing To Launch First ‘Full-Up’ Satellites

: Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director & PEO Kelly Hammett (L) speaks with Ret. U.S. Air Force Gen Kevin Chilton,  explorer chair, the Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence, June 24. Credit: Air & Space Forces Association

Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director and PEO Kelly Hammett (L) speaks with U.S. Air Force Gen. (ret.) Kevin Chilton, explorer chair, at the Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence on June 24.

Credit: Air & Space Forces Association
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is gearing up to launch an undisclosed number of spacecraft in the near future, Director and Program Executive Officer Kelly Hammett said on June 24. The RCO, one of three acquisition offices under the U.S. Space Force, oversees a largely classified...
Vivienne Machi

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

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