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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USSF-67 launched at 5:56 p.m. ET on 2023-01-15 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
GPS III SV06 launched at 7:24 a.m. ET on 2023-01-18 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Space Systems Command delivered the USSF-67 and GPS III SV06 missions for the U.S. Space Force in 61 hours.
HawkEye 360 will provide RF data to support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
Slingshot Aerospace awarded HawkEye 360 a contract to provide RF data for Slingshot's space-based monitoring and detection of RF threats and to support Slingshot's proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command.
The U.S. Space Force budget for 2023 is $26,300,000,000.
In 2021 Slingshot Aerospace won a $2,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop an analytics tool that uses telemetry data from commercial satellites in low Earth orbit to identify potential sources of electronic interference on the ground.
On 2023-01-18, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman issued a memo outlining priorities for the U.S. Space Force that include pursuing stronger partnerships with allies, deploying combat-ready forces, and amplifying the guardian spirit.
The 2023 defense funding increase includes $1,700,000,000 for Space Force programs.
HawkEye 360’s RF data will support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
HawkEye 360 will provide data to support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
HawkEye 360 will provide data collected by its radio-frequency mapping satellites to Slingshot Aerospace for a threat-detection system Slingshot is developing for the U.S. Space Force.
SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-01-18.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on 2023-01-18 at 7:24 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite.
Vulcan’s initial planned National Security Space Launch missions include USSF-106, USSF-87, and GPS SV-07.
The GPS constellation operated by the U.S. Space Force comprises 31 satellites.
Japan’s Office of National Space Policy signed an agreement in 2020 with the U.S. Space Force to host two optical sensor payloads on the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) constellation.
The U.S. Space Force delivered the first of two space sensor payloads on 2023-01-17.
Northrop Grumman built LDPE-2, which launched aboard the USSF-44 mission in November 2022.