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 Transporter-8 rideshare mission launched on a Falcon 9 on 2023-06-12 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force requested $700,000,000 in its 2024 budget for cybersecurity.
The Space Force’s proposed 2024 budget of $30,300,000,000 nearly doubles the service’s first budget request from four years earlier.
One Delta IV Heavy launch remained planned for the U.S. Space Force in 2024.
The $700,000,000 requested by the U.S. Space Force for 2024 is intended for cybersecurity software, hardware, and training.
HASC Chairman Representative Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) included language that prevents U.S. Space Command from spending money on new or improved facilities at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado until the Secretary of the Air Force delivers a report on the selection of a permanent location.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering warfighting space capabilities.
Space Systems Command and its U.S. Space Force mission partners launched the classified NROL-68 payload into GEO on 2023-06-22.
Representative Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) sought to strip the language preventing U.S. Space Command from spending money on facilities at Peterson Space Force Base but withdrew his amendment.
The U.S. Space Force proposed a $30,300,000,000 budget for 2024, which is the largest budget in the service’s history.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office launched on 2023-06-22 at 5:18 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Next Gen OPIR and the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking systems together account for nearly $5,000,000,000 of the Space Force’s 2024 budget request.
The FAA introduced a revised zone of restricted airspace around and extending offshore for many launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center.
Orbital Composites has been awarded six Small Business Innovation Research contracts by the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy in the last two years.
The U.S. Space Force plans to spend up to $340,000,000 on testing and training infrastructure.
The United States Space Force granted Palantir $110,300,000 in contract extensions for the company’s cloud-based data services.
Under Project Warp Core, the Space Force has used Palantir’s cloud platform and analytics services since 2021 to aggregate large amounts of data from disparate sources.
SpaceX launched the 4.6-metric-ton Satria-1 spacecraft on 2023-06-18 at 6:21 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
HOTSAT-1 launched with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2023-06-12 and is on-orbit with initial communication established.
The PSN SATRIA mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.