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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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket is planned to lift off on 2024-01-08 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with a launch window opening at 2:18 a.m. EST.
LizzieSat is expected to launch in March 2024 on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
NOAA’s Tier 1 remote sensing license covers Sidus’ upcoming LizzieSat™ scheduled to launch in March 2024 on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The U.S. Space Force is soliciting proposals for a new initiative called the 'digital spaceport of the future' to modernize outdated information systems at the nation’s space launch facilities.
The project is run by the Space Force’s technology arm, SpaceWERX, and the Assured Access to Space office.
The Ovzon 3 launch occurred at 6:04 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Ovzon 3 satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 2024-01-03.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is scheduled to make its first flight on 2024-01-08 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
RED SKIES supports building service orbital warfare experience through simulation with the intent to develop a live-fly on-orbit exercise capability for the U.S. Space Force.
The Falcon 9 first stage that supported the Ovzon 3 mission landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida following stage separation.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off at 10:44 p.m. Eastern from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
SpaceX launched the Ovzon 3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, 2024-01-03 at 6:04 p.m. ET.
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, 2024-01-03 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Ovzon 3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX targeted no earlier than Thursday, 2023-12-28 with a four-hour launch window opening at 7:00 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52, with a backup opportunity on Friday, 2023-12-29 during the same window.
Cert-1 is the first of two flight tests required for ULA’s certification process with the U.S. Space Force.
The Falcon Heavy side boosters used on USSF-52 landed on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station following booster separation.
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the Cert-1 certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, 2023-12-28 at 8:07 p.m. ET.
SpaceX stood down from a Falcon Heavy launch of USSF-52 to perform additional system checkouts prior to the successful 2023-12-28 launch.
The pair of Falcon Heavy side boosters used on USSF-52 completed their fifth launch and landing together after previously supporting USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPTER 3, and NASA’s Psyche mission.