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Reuters reports that SpaceX’s Starshield unit has a $1.8 billion contract for hundreds of satellites to help “quickly spot potential targets almost anywhere on the globe.”

SpaceX’s Starshield unit has had a classified contract with the US National Reconnaissance Office since 2021 to build a network of “hundreds” of spy satellites for the agency, Reuters reports today, citing unnamed sources “familiar with the program.” A Wall Street Journal report in February listed a classified $1.8 billion SpaceX contract with a then-unnamed government agency.

It does mention that a US database of space objects lists satellites deployed by SpaceX that the company and government have not acknowledged and cites sources confirming those objects as Starshield prototypes. SpaceX describes Starshield as a government-focused secure satellite network, and Elon Musk tweeted it “will be owned by the US government and controlled by DoD Space Force.

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