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Mission Manifest Office

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The Mission Manifest Office (MMO), under Space Systems Command's (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) program, acts as a "front door to launch" for government and civil payloads, maximizing rideshare opportunities on National Security Space (NSS) missions. The MMO designs mission sets and coordinates across the Department of Defense, NASA, and the intelligence community to integrate potential payloads, ensuring security, safety, and mission success while efficiently using government resources. They work with partners like Parsons Corporation to integrate satellite vehicles, particularly small satellites, onto medium- to large-class launch vehicles like SpaceX Falcon 9 and ULA Vulcan.

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The Defense Innovation Unit partnered with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space Mission Manifest Office to manifest the Dark-Sky-1 mission to fly on a National Security Space Launch.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Mar 21, 2024Companies selected for DIU Orbital Logistics Vehicle Project moving forward with prototypes

Under its contract with the Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office, Parsons integrated payloads for several missions including NASA and U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 9, which carried four cubesats from other U.S. government agencies.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Nov 21, 2022Space Force to recompete contract for integration of rideshare payloads

The U.S. Air Force created the Mission Manifest Office in 2018 to maximize rideshare opportunities on national security space missions.

GeneralPlanGovernanceValue 2.3Nov 21, 2022Space Force to recompete contract for integration of rideshare payloads

CesiumAstro collaborated with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Mission Manifest Office (MMO) in connection with Cesium Mission 1.

RelationshipsValue 3.2Sep 29, 2021CesiumAstro announces successful deployment of next-generation active phased array experimental satellites, enters next phase of testing

The Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office operates as the U.S. Space Force’s Gateway to Space by coordinating rides to space for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community sponsored satellite vehicles.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 2.8Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

Space Systems Command’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office worked with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center during integration of the Landsat 9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (L9EFS).

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle carried the NASA–U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Observatory satellite and four cubesats from the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office on the 2021-09-27 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.6Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

SMC’s Mission Manifest Office, in partnership with the United States Air Force Academy, planned to fly the EZ-3 and EZ-4 flight systems on the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0May 18, 2021UPDATE 4: Up, Up + Away To Orbit Goes USSF SMC’s SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission Via A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle

The Mission Manifest Office used strategic partners NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, and numerous industry participants for the TDO-3 and TDO-4 effort.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.5May 10, 2021USAFA’s TDO-3 + TDO-4 Smallsats Ready For Integration Aboard USAF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Mission

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office delivered two fully tested and integrated multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters TDO-3 and TDO-4, to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-05-04 for integration aboard the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0May 10, 2021USAFA’s TDO-3 + TDO-4 Smallsats Ready For Integration Aboard USAF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Mission

The Mission Manifest Office was established to provide a one-stop process for routine, repeatable, and reliable multi-manifesting of U.S. Government and U.S. Government-sponsored payloads.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.8Jan 4, 2021NASA’s Landsat-9 USSF Developed ESPA EFS Passes Design Status Review 3

The Landsat-9 EFS joint effort is a NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center activity funded and manifested by the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Mission Manifest Office at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 4, 2021NASA’s Landsat-9 USSF Developed ESPA EFS Passes Design Status Review 3

The Mission Manifest Office provides flexibility and efficiency to enable NASA to make late-stage manifest changes to previously planned missions.

GeneralValue 1.8Jan 4, 2021NASA’s Landsat-9 USSF Developed ESPA EFS Passes Design Status Review 3
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