Assessing the Impact of U.S. Air Force National Security Space Launch Acquisition Decisions

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is tasked by Congress to support the U.S. space launch industrial base and sustain robust launch capability. In 2019, a RAND team assessed the global heavy lift launch market to understand the impact of national security launch acquisition decisions on that mandate. In this update to that assessment, the team explores how recent market dynamics might affect the USSF's ability to meet national security space demand.