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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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $574,000,000 contract with the United States Space Force to support Ground Based Radar Maintenance and Sustainment Services (GMASS).
The Space Force intends to work with military allies and private companies for satellite protection during conflicts.
The commercial strategy aims to enable Space Force buyers and contractors to communicate effectively and define terms.
The Space Force will create terms of reference to clarify the role of commercial providers in military operations.
Blue Origin is developing the New Glenn heavy rocket and is working with the U.S. Space Force to develop a plan to certify New Glenn for NSSL after New Glenn starts flying.
A new commercial space strategy will soon be released by the Space Force to enhance relationships with commercial partners.
The U.S. Space Force plans to select a third provider in Lane 2 of NSSL Phase 3 in response to concerns about growing commercial demand.
On 2023-09-12, U.S. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman directed the Space Force to experiment with a command structure in which a unit is responsible for all aspects of a mission area, including training, procurement, and operations.
The WSF-M satellite is scheduled to launch early next year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC).
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-09-10.
The 2023-09-10 mission was the first Atlas V 551 launch for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in that year.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is scheduled to launch on 2023-09-09 at 8:51 a.m. EDT (5:51 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Space Systems Command is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities in and from space.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The 2023-09-10 launch occurred from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission launches from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
WSF-M is scheduled to launch early next year from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Space Force’s current practice of buying services under separate contracts with individual providers does not provide the flexibility needed to create an integrated satcom enterprise.