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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EOI is manifested to launch on board SpaceX’s Transporter-8 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Iridium-9 launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023.
Firefly’s Alpha Flight 2 mission is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-09-19.
The U.S. Space Force operates and protects U.S. satellites including GPS, communications, and missile-warning constellations and supporting systems.
The Space Force selected Raytheon Technologies in 2020 to design the FORGE operating system.
The Iridium-9 launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45, which operates the Eastern Range, must approve an extension of the flight termination system certification before NASA can launch Artemis 1 later in the month.
Thales Alenia Space prepared to ship the SWOT spacecraft from its factory in Cannes, France to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The SWOT launch delay was needed to complete necessary prelaunch tasks, including transporting the satellite from Cannes, France to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Kall Morris Inc. received three study contracts for debris-cleanup technologies under the Space Force’s Orbital Prime program on 2022-09-07.
SWOT is slated for launch no earlier than 2022-12-05 atop a Falcon 9 vehicle operated by SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Danuri was launched on 2022-08-05 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The TACFI contract enables U.S. Space Force units to work with Saber Astronautics to add new features and deploy the program across multiple units for iterative improvement.
The U.S. Space Force extended Saber Astronautics’ contract to develop a space domain awareness tool for satellite operators on 2022-09-05.
Meteorologists with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 predict 60% favorable weather conditions for the 2022-09-03 launch attempt, improving throughout the window.
AFRL anticipates that MISSE-16 will provide benefits for the U.S. Space Force, the space industry, and the broader space enterprise by improving understanding of novel material responses to the space environment.
Firefly Aerospace has scheduled the second launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base for 2022-09-11.
Firefly Aerospace completed a static-fire test of Alpha rocket’s first stage and planned a launch for 2023-09-11, from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Northrop Grumman developed the EPS-R payloads that will fly to highly elliptical orbits on two ASBM satellites projected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The U.S. Space Force is building a gateway site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska to operate two new polar communications payloads scheduled to launch in 2023 on a Space Norway mission.