SpaceX lands $4.16B contract to build missile-tracking satellites for Golden Dome

The Pentagon awarded SpaceX a $4.16B contract to build space-based missile-tracking satellites tied to Trump’s planned Golden Dome defense system; the satellites will detect and track targets from space, with SpaceX already winning other Golden Dome components and a $2.29B data-network contract, though experts warn about questions of effectiveness and nuclear-war risk, and the Space Force says some operational capability is expected by 2028.