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 Test Program – Houston 11 is a collaboration between the U.S. Space Force and NASA.
The Space Force awarded $3.2 billion in Golden Dome contracts in April 2026 for an orbital interceptor constellation.
SpaceX plans to free up Falcon 9 for smaller tactically responsive launches for the U.S. Space Force.
Anduril Industries was selected as one of the prime contractors for the U.S. Space Force’s Golden Dome initiative in late 2025.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur was grounded after a February 2026 anomaly during a Space Force mission.
Q Station lavora a servizio di SpaceWERX, l’unità per l’innovazione della U.S. Space Force parte dell’ecosistema AFWERX.
A U.S. Space Force initiative awarded Other Transaction Authority agreements to 12 companies, including True Anomaly, in a program valued at up to $3.2 billion across 20 agreements.
The CarbSAR mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 11 January 2026.
On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Space Force awarded Anduril Industries a $100.3 million contract modification to enhance and expand the Space Surveillance Network.
SpaceX launched Sweden's new military satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last week.
The U.S. Space Force and the Australian Defence Force formalized an expanded joint space surveillance partnership on May 1, 2026.
Astranis is on contract for the Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global program.
Aistech Space launched Hydra-3, its second commercial satellite, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The updated U.S. Space Force and Australian Defence Force partnership focuses on strengthening space situational awareness across the Second Island Chain over the Indo-Pacific.
Planet Labs PBC launched three high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites to orbit on a SpaceX CAS500-2 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Booz Allen Hamilton an Other Transaction Authority agreement to develop a prototype system for the Space-Based Interceptor program.
The U.S. Space Force plans to link Australian-based sensors with the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture in Low Earth Orbit.
The Fiscal Year 2027 Space Force Research Development Test and Evaluation account rises to $38.3 billion in baseline funding and $2.3 billion in reconciliation funding.
The United States Space Force share of the Fiscal Year 2027 request is approximately $71 billion.
The Fiscal Year 2027 Space Force baseline discretionary funding rises to approximately $59 billion.