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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SpaceX launched the 50 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:12 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2022-02-25.
The Space Force established a program integration council two years ago to improve coordination across space organizations.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $341,000,000 contract to develop a radar site to track active satellites and debris in high orbits.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking contributions from international partners that use the WGS satellites to help pay launch costs for WGS-11+.
Space Florida offers financial packages tailored to company needs and provides facilities near NASA Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Space Force plans to make autonomous flight safety systems mandatory by 2025.
Astra planned to launch its first demo mission from LC-46 at Cape Canaveral, a pad licensed by the Space Force from Space Florida.
Space Launch Delta 45 manages launch operations on the Eastern Range, which includes Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.
PredaSAR won a $2,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force in December to demonstrate interoperability between its satellites and DARPA’s Blackjack constellation.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launched 31 rockets to orbit in 2021.
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act directs the Space Force to submit a detailed strategy to modernize infrastructure at the launch ranges, with a report due in early April 2022.
The Space Force provides space-based support services to the entire Department of Defense, including satellite communications, GPS navigation, and weather data.
The United States Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron found no evidence that Starlink-1095 or Starlink-2305 made a close approach to China’s space station that met the threshold of established emergency collision criteria.
MTP will provide oversight of hazardous and safety-critical operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and other sites including Kennedy Space Center and Patrick Space Force Base.
Metis Technology Partners was awarded the United States Space Force Pad Safety Support Contract II, an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity single-award contract valued at up to $53,500,000.
Axient has a 30-year history providing technical and systems services to aerospace customers, including multiple United States Space Force contracts.
The Starlink team worked with the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites using ground radars.
LV0008 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3 p.m. Eastern on 2022-02-10.
The U.S. Space Force seeks to partner with private companies to perform orbital debris removal and in-space servicing.