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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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit-6 (SBIRS GEO-6) mission lifted off on 2022-08-04 at 6:29 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
HANCOM-1, a Spire 6U satellite carrying an optical payload for Hancom, launched in May 2022 on the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is located on the southeast coast of the United States and provides access to low and medium inclination orbits commonly used by communications and Earth-observing satellites and by International Space Station supply missions.
In November, the U.S. Space Force ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $737,000,000 under a 2018 agreement worth $7,200,000,000 for up to 22 spacecraft.
Doug Bush is the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology and the Army will rely on the Space Force to help develop a plan for procuring space services.
X-Bow Systems offers its Bolt Orbital Vehicle to the U.S. Space Force on the OSP-4 contract.
General John W. "Jay" Raymond has led the U.S. Space Force since its establishment in December 2019.
The defense bill provides $300,000,000 to expand the U.S. Space Force’s medium Earth orbit missile warning and missile tracking constellation.
B. Chance Saltzman served most of his military career in the U.S. Air Force and commanded coalition air forces in the Middle East before transferring to the U.S. Space Force in 2020.
Gen. John "Jay" Raymond was the first chief of the U.S. Space Force when the military space branch was established in December 2019.
The defense bill provides $250,000,000 for U.S. Space Force test and training infrastructure.
The Next-Gen OPIR satellites will be operated by the U.S. Space Force and provide initial warning of a ballistic or tactical missile launch anywhere on the globe.
Wallaroo Labs won a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force on 2022-07-26 to model the performance of machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms during space missions.
SpaceWERX, the technology arm of the U.S. Space Force, awarded the Phase 1 SBIR contract to Wallaroo Labs in support of the Orbital Prime program.
Scout Space won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force on 2022-07-22.
Col. Marc Brock, Commander of Space Force Delta 2, supports the potential of SCOUT Space’s unclassified, space-based non-Earth imaging capability and automatically generated commercial analytic products and services to become critical enablers for Delta 2’s mission.
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act renamed the Space Force Acquisition Council to the Space Acquisition Council and gave that council authority to review all military space acquisition projects.
SpaceX planned a dedicated Starlink mission for 2022-07-17 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Air Force conducted environmental assessments of five other locations considered reasonable alternatives for U.S. Space Command: Peterson Space Force Base, Kirtland Air Force Base, Offutt Air Force Base, Port San Antonio, and Space Coast Spaceport.
The administration proposed $24,500,000,000 for the Space Force in fiscal year 2023.