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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The U.S. Space Force submitted a fiscal year 2023 budget request of $24,500,000,000.
The Space Force’s fiscal year 2023 budget request of $24,500,000,000 is projected to increase slightly in fiscal year 2024 and then decline through fiscal year 2027.
The Space Force requested nearly $3,500,000,000 for Next-Gen OPIR in fiscal year 2023, an increase of $1,100,000,000 over 2022 funding.
The Space Force requested $1,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 to start a Resilient Missile Warning-Missile Tracking program that combines the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit missile-tracking satellites with a Space Force procurement of missile-tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit.
The Space Force requested $4,500,000,000 in the fiscal year 2023 budget for missile-warning satellite programs.
Following stage separation on the SARah-1 mission, the Falcon 9 first stage returned to land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The 2022-06-18 Falcon 9 launched SARah-1 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The U.S. Space Force was established as an independent military branch in December 2019.
The U.S. Space Force plans to formally establish the National Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio on 2022-06-24.
SpaceX conducted a Falcon 9 launch on 2022-06-18 at 7:19 a.m. PT (14:19 UTC) from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 booster supporting the SARah-1 launch successfully landed back at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX planned a classified Falcon 9 Block 5 launch of Globalstar-2 FM15 and additional rideshare payloads from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in less than 48 hours after the SARah-1 launch.
The Space Force has an intelligence unit, Space Delta 7, at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado responsible for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance that support military operations.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar FM15 satellite to low Earth orbit on Sunday, 2022-06-19, at 12:27 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
A Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E on 2024-06-18 at 10:19 a.m. Eastern and placed the SARah-1 radar imaging satellite into orbit.
A Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 on 2024-06-19 at 12:27 a.m. Eastern with Globalstar FM15 as an identified payload.
Smith’s draft 2023 NDAA urges the Space Force to consider other procurement approaches for Phase 3 of the NSSL program in 2024 so more than two companies can win launch contracts.
The House Armed Services Committee bill requires the Space Force to provide quarterly updates to congressional committees on the Phase 3 acquisition strategy.
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations, proposed establishing hotlines between the U.S. and foreign rivals to improve communications about close approaches in space.
The Strategic Forces subcommittee's mark directs consolidation of Department of Defense space programs under the U.S. Space Force, consistent with the intent of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.