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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In fall 2020 NASA established a cross-agency team that included the U.S. Space Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to fix NAFTU software and complete its certification process.
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) will launch six satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than January 2023.
The SWOT satellite is targeted to launch 2022-12 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
ThinkOrbital partnered with Redwire, KMI, and Arizona State University to win two research contracts worth $260,000 under the U.S. Space Force Orbital Prime program for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing.
Following stage separation on the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 launch, the Falcon 9 first stage was planned to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Launches from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station have been used for the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 liftoff.
HAKUTO-R Mission 1 was launched on 2022-12-11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX launched ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Lunar Flashlight to a lunar transfer orbit on 2022-12-11 at 2:38 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
ispace updated the launch schedule for its Mission 1 HAKUTO-R lunar lander to no earlier than 2022-12-11 for liftoff from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The 2023 NDAA directs the U.S. Space Force to work with commercial launch providers on new concepts of operations.
Under a contract with the U.S. Space Force, Slingshot Aerospace developed a space digital twin to train military operators.
The U.S. Space Force established a new office focused on acquiring commercial services for space domain awareness.
The Space Force is seeking to deploy newer types of satellites with resiliency designed in from the beginning.
SpaceX participated in the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency missile-tracking and missile-detection constellation and partnered with Leidos to develop four classified infrared sensor satellites scheduled to launch before the end of the year.
U.S. Space Forces-Central provides expert Space Force guardians to work with coalition and regional partners to integrate space activities into shared operations and to add another level of commitment to partners.
Lunar Flashlight is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 2022-12-01.
The U.S. Space Force received initial images from a missile-warning satellite that launched in July.
The SWOT spacecraft is set to launch on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2022-12-15 following a three-day delay to provide additional time for prelaunch processing.
The U.S. Space Force started a program last year to demonstrate responsive launch and recently awarded contracts for a 2023 mission.
The U.S. Space Force delivered the second and final Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) military communications payloads for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) on 2023-11-28.