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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Launch of the PACE mission is targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, 2024-02-06 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Exotrail GEO SpaceVan platform is tailored to meet the needs of small satellites transiting from geostationary transfer orbit to geostationary orbit and to serve requirements of the U.S. Space Force and other DoD agencies.
Orbit Fab planned to ship 15 to 20 RAFTI ports next month, with about half of those ports intended for the U.S. Space Force.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient space capabilities.
Sidus Space completed launch processing of LizzieSat at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Cygnus NG-20 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Northrop Grumman secured a Space Force contract of undisclosed value to develop a dedicated geosynchronous-orbit tanker satellite that would deliver fuel in space.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, 2024-01-30, for a Falcon 9 launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Services mission (NG-20) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The NG-20 mission is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than 2024-01-29 at 12:29 p.m. EST.
Firefly's Alpha rocket is capable of lifting more than 1,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2024-01-28, at 9:57 p.m. PST (12:57 a.m. EST, 0557 UTC on 2024-01-29).
SpaceX targeted a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2024-01-28, with liftoff targeted for 9:57 p.m. PT and backup opportunities available until 10:03 p.m. PT.
The contract qualifies Firefly’s Alpha rocket to launch satellites for the NRO from both Vandenberg Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Three months before the 2023-12-22 mission, Alpha successfully launched the Victus Nox responsive space demonstration for the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Boeing a $66,000,000 contract to design a new narrowband communications satellite.
The U.S. Space Force will assess FORGE C2 ground system designs in 2025 and select one or more designs to continue further development.
After completion of the Phase 1 early design activities, the Space Force will decide whether either company should continue to Phase 2 to further develop the new satellites to be named MUOS SV6 and MUOS SV7.
The MUOS satellites were originally acquired by the U.S. Navy and are now operated by the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $66,000,000 contract to design a new narrowband communications satellite.
Freedom Space Technologies is partnering with defense contractor Omni Federal to develop a next-generation ground system for U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellites.