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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Kenya launched its inaugural earth observation satellite Taifa-1 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Norwegian Space Agency’s NorSat-TD satellite was launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Space Force leaders will issue orders for Victus Nox to be prepared to launch within 24 hours after the 60-hour transport and integration window.
The Linuss experiment flew to geostationary Earth orbit in November on the USSF-44 national security mission launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
Spire Global launched three satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-04-11.
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch small surveillance satellites under a program known as responsive space using commercial launch vehicles to execute missions on 24 hours' notice.
SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Friday evening, 2023-08-14.
Spire Global launched three satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-04-14.
The Space Force awarded contracts in August to Millennium, a Boeing company, to produce Victus Nox and to Firefly Aerospace to launch the spacecraft.
The U.S. Space Force budget documents state an aim to provide a global capability to positively identify an adversary committing an orbital attack.
The U.S. Space Force might purchase a minimal number of satellites that could be launched quickly.
Lamborn is willing to give the Space Force time to implement its procurement plan and demonstrate results.
The U.S. Space Force operates the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) constellation.
The U.S. Space Force is funding upgrades to the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System.
The ION OTV lifted off on 2023-04-14 at 23:48 PDT (2023-04-15 at 06:48 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 next-generation satellites deployed to orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base during the Transporter-7 mission.
The U.S. Space Force is working with the National Reconnaissance Office to increase coverage of the geostationary belt.
Boeing unveiled the Protected Wideband Satellite design that features the Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype payload hosted aboard the U.S. Space Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-11 spacecraft.
SpaceX targeted no earlier than Thursday, 2023-04-13 at 11:47 p.m. PT (06:47 UTC on 2023-04-14) for Falcon 9’s Transporter-7 launch from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX operates Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for polar launches.