The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2019. Its primary role is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space by ensuring space superiority. The USSF manages space launch operations, satellite operations, space environment surveillance, and satellite defense, and partners with organizations like NASA on space domain awareness and planetary defense. Key areas of focus include missile warning, satellite communications, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.
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Congress added $442,000,000 for a wideband satellite despite the Space Force not requesting funding for such a satellite in its 2023 budget.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Boeing a $439,600,000 contract to build the WGS-12 military communications satellite on 2024-03-01.
BRO-12 and BRO-13 will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in the USA.
BAE Systems will integrate proven capabilities into a prototype ground system for the Space Force's command and control capabilities for Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared GEO and Next-Generation OPIR Polar systems.
LizzieSat is targeted to launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force plans to award National Security Space Launch Phase 3 contracts in the fall.
The U.S. Space Force selected ULA’s Vulcan in 2020 to launch 60% of the 48 missions projected for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command Space Enterprise Consortium to provide a prototype ground system for the U.S. Space Force’s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control project.
The goal of the FORGE C2 effort is to evolve the U.S. Space Force's current ground architecture using newer technologies and architecture approaches.
The U.S. Space Force is refining its plan to leverage commercial services for space domain awareness.
The Pentagon's space policy is coordinating the document detailing potential partnerships between the Space Force and the commercial space industry.
Miller indicated that the price point of commercial services must allow the Space Force to leverage and maintain capability.
Unseenlabs will launch two new satellites, BRO-12 and BRO-13, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base next month.
The Space Force needs commercial satellite services to fill critical capabilities while comparing them to government-owned systems.
Lt. Gen. David Miller stated that the Space Force requires more sophisticated space tracking data and analytics capabilities due to increased congestion and threats to satellites in orbit.
Lt. Gen. David Miller is the commander of Space Operations Command, which is based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
Space Force Guardians support missile warning systems that have been key to Operation Prosperity Guardian and Operation Inherent Resolve's defeat Daesh mission.
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, 2024-02-25 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX plans to launch a batch of 24 Starlink v2 Mini satellites designated Group 6-39 on 2024-02-24 at 4:59 p.m. EST (21:59 UTC) from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Relative Dynamics began developing an optical ground terminal under a $1,700,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency.