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 awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space a $67,000,000 contract in December to build a weather satellite to provide cloud-cover imagery and other data for military operations.
Spire will launch five satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida 2022-05.
The OFT-2 launch is planned for Thursday, 2022-05-19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
A 2020 agreement between the Space Force and NASA frames NASA’s plans to extend human presence beyond the International Space Station to the lunar surface and interplanetary destinations.
Detachment 3 (Det. 3) based at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida executes First Air Force’s Human Space Flight Support mission.
On 2022-05-13 at 3:07 p.m. PT a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The Vandenberg Space Force Base launch on 2022-05-13 marked the fourth Starlink deployment from Vandenberg.
Starlink satellites also launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
On 2022-05-14 a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) is the focal point for the USSF test enterprise.
The U.S. Space Force plans to select a small-satellite launcher to deliver a payload to low Earth orbit on short notice as part of tactically responsive space capability.
The U.S. Space Force was established in 2019 as an independent military service and active-duty space units were moved out of the Air Force into the new Space Force without creating a Space National Guard.
U.S. Space Force units will begin operating the long-range discrimination radar at Clear Space Force Station in 2023.
Col. Nick Hague, director of the Space Force Test Enterprise, states that Guardians must be resilient to launch and on-orbit conditions as well as evolving threats.
The National Space Test and Training Complex (NSTTC) aims to create a configurable set of test and training capabilities for the USSF.
A similar Victus Nox payload was launched in June 2021 for the TacRL-2 mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Senator Joe Manchin introduced legislation on 2022-05-12 to create a National Guard for the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force provide about 80% of all Department of Defense resources in the Arctic region, including military bases, training complexes, satellites, command-and-control stations, and early warning and missile defense radars.
The USSF's vision provides strategic guidance on integrating developmental and operational test and evaluation activities across a capability’s lifecycle.