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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Northrop Grumman won a $617,000,000 contract in July to produce 14 infrared-sensing satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 1, a network of 28 missile-detecting satellites to be deployed by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.
The Space Force should have clear and unambiguous statements of work and avoid integrating multiple contracts through government.
LDPE-3A is scheduled to launch with the USSF-67 mission in 2023 on a Falcon Heavy.
The U.S. Space Force plans to use Tetra-1 as a test platform for rendezvous and proximity operations.
Lockheed Martin selected Terran Orbital to produce 42 satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency under a $700,000,000 contract.
NorthStar’s planned satellite constellation would complement existing space situational awareness systems such as the Space Fence radar operated by the U.S. Space Force on Kwajalein Atoll.
Gen. John "Jay" Raymond will relinquish command of the U.S. Space Force to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on 2022-11-02 and will retire after 38 years of military service.
Congress signed legislation in December 2019 authorizing the U.S. Space Force as the nation’s sixth military branch within the Department of the Air Force.
The Atlas V launch of JPSS-2 was originally scheduled for the early morning of 2022-11-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Earlier SLS launch delays required NASA to request and obtain waivers from the U.S. Space Force that extended the originally 20-day life for the flight termination system.
The USSF-44 mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
SpaceX plans to land the Falcon Heavy side boosters at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Landing Zones 1 and 2.
Space Micro Inc, powered by Voyager Space, was awarded an Orbital Prime contract by the U.S. Space Force as part of the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer program.
The U.S. Space Force published the Guardian Ideal roadmap in September 2021 to equip Guardians with understanding of military operations and mastery of joint warfighting.
The 2023 Space Force budget proposal of $24,500,000,000 is about $5,000,000,000 more than what Congress enacted for the Space Force in 2022.
The Mitchell Institute called for Congress to provide robust resourcing to enable the Space Force to deliver enhanced space domain awareness and to develop space-based weapons systems designed to defend the JADC2 space transport layer against kinetic and non-kinetic acts of aggression.
The Biden administration’s 2023 budget proposal for the Defense Department included $24,500,000,000 for the Space Force.
Launch Complex 39A is also used for Falcon Heavy launches that include the USSF-67 and USSF-52 missions for the U.S. Space Force, currently scheduled for early 2023 after extended delays.
Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first two 63-inch-diameter extended length Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force will select a group of vendors to compete for $50,000,000 worth of task orders under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the Space Test Program.