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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United Launch Alliance’s next launch is a commercial SES-20 and SES-21 mission planned for 2022-09-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off on 2022-09-24 at 3:25 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Space Launch Delta 30 is the Space Force unit that operates the Vandenberg range.
United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office mission on 2022-09-24 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The Space Force is buying Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) satellites from Lockheed Martin at a cost of $7,800,000,000 for three GEO satellites and ground systems.
General John "Jay" Raymond unveiled the official U.S. Space Force anthem, "Sempra Supra," during his 2022-09-20 keynote address.
NROL-91 will launch from Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
About $4,700,000,000 of the Space Force’s $24,700,000,000 2023 budget request is for new missile-defense satellites.
The U.S. Space Force is buying billion-dollar satellites that on average take seven years to develop.
The Space Force budget projections lay out a future architecture of about 135 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and 16 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites working in concert through an integrated ground system.
The U.S. Space Force requested a $24,700,000,000 budget for 2023.
NASA is working with the U.S. Space Force, which operates the Eastern Range, to obtain a waiver for the SLS flight termination system.
The Space Force’s launch ranges at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, are on track in 2023 to conduct more than 60 launches from the East Coast and as many as 18 launches from the West Coast.
Next-generation geostationary missile warning satellites procured by the Space Force have historically used seven-year development contracts.
The Space Force is procuring next-generation geostationary missile warning satellites.
The U.S. Space Force is finalizing a procurement strategy for the next national security launch services contracts expected to be awarded in 2024.
The U.S. Space Force projected its 2023 budget to be $24.5 billion, representing a 26% year-over-year increase.
Katalyst developed a sensor payload aimed at the commercial market for in-space docking and satellite servicing that the Space Force agreed to test on an experimental geostationary satellite projected to launch in 2024.
The U.S. Space Force, established in December 2019, took over from the U.S. Air Force the development and procurement of geostationary missile-warning satellites.
EOI Space is manifested to launch on board SpaceX's Transporter-8 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.