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  "id": 814879,
  "title": "Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/space-force-awards-five-companies-60-million-for-multi-vendor",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T22:00:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://spacenews.com/space-force-awards-five-companies-60-million-for-multi-vendor-satellite-network-tests/"
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  "summary": "Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space will prototype and test connections to the SpaceX-built data network backbone The post Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests appeared first on SpaceNews .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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