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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Space Force is developing and seeking to acquire 12 new higher-capacity antennas under an effort called Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource.
GAO auditors spent more than a year investigating the Satellite Control Network operated by the U.S. Space Force.
Space Force is exploring use of commercial antennas and antennas operated by other federal agencies to provide additional SCN capacity.
The U.S. Space Force operates a Satellite Control Network (SCN) consisting of 19 globally distributed antennas.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman were selected in 2020 by the U.S. Space Force to develop Protected Tactical Satcom prototype payloads (PTS).
Boeing’s PTS prototype will launch as a hosted payload on the U.S. Space Force’s Wideband Global Satcom WGS-11 satellite, which Boeing is developing under a 2019 contract.
After evaluating both PTS versions, the U.S. Space Force could decide to support either hosted or free-flyer configurations for launches in fiscal years 2028 and 2029.
SpaceX launched Intelsat’s IS-40e communications satellite on 2023-04-07 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 12:30 a.m. Eastern.
The York satellites launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-04-02.
Intelsat 40e (IS-40e) was launched on 2023-04-07 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, the National Reconnaissance Office, and United Launch Alliance are preparing to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket no earlier than 2023-04-20 from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX launched the Intelsat IS-40E mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday, 2023-04-07.
Pituffik Space Base hosts the 12th Space Warning Squadron, which is part of Space Delta 4 headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
Congress and the Department of Defense created the U.S. Space Force in 2019.
Following the NROL-68 launch, the final Delta IV Heavy is projected to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in 2024.
NROL-68 will be the 10th Delta IV Heavy vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Intelsat-40e and TEMPO will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Pituffik Space Base hosts the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1, which is part of Space Delta 6 based at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.
Kenya will launch its first operational satellite Taifa-1 on 2023-04-10 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
BRO-9 will be launched in April 2023 on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.