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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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $579,000,000 to Kratos on 2023-11-22.
The Space Force plans to launch the first of two Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellites in 2024.
A prior SpaceX event on Friday, 2023-11-17 launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX targeted Sunday, 2023-11-19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base with liftoff targeted for 10:33 p.m. PT and backup opportunities available until 2:30 a.m. PT on Monday, 2023-11-20.
Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, 2023-11-20 at 2:30 a.m. PT.
After environmental testing in Germany, the Arctic Weather Satellite will be shipped back to OHB Sweden for final checks before being shipped to SpaceX’s launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California in April 2024.
Northrop Grumman is providing the ASBM satellites for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch slated 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Open Cosmos’ satellites MANTIS and PLATERO reached orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The research aims to improve U.S. Space Force Space Domain Awareness by providing more accurate tracking and monitoring of satellites operating in complex CisLunar regimes.
Spire Global launched eleven satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Saber Astronautics received a $1,200,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop new maneuver planning capabilities.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two additional O3b mPOWER satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 4:08 pm local time.
Planet Labs PBC launched Pelican-1, the first tech demonstration satellite for its next-generation Pelican fleet, on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-11-11.
Spire Global launched eleven satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX’s Transporter-9 smallsat rideshare mission carried ICEYE’s four new SAR satellites and was deployed by Exolaunch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
Planet Labs PBC launched 36 SuperDoves designated Flock 4Q on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-11-11.
The four ICEYE satellites launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 smallsat rideshare mission via Exolaunch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
KP Labs Intution-1 smallsat was launched on 2023-11-11 from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard SpaceX Transporter-9.
Saber Astronautics received a $1,200,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force under a U.S. Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program to develop new maneuver planning capabilities.
EPICHyper-3 was launched on 2023-11-11 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission.