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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Lisa Costa recommended on 2022-02-10 at the AFCEA Space Force IT conference that the Space Force develop a virtual environment leveraging industry investments in immersive digital technology.
The Starlink team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they flew edge-on to minimize drag and worked with the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates based on ground radars.
Phase 2 NSSL providers must meet stringent Space Force mission assurance requirements designed to reduce the risk of launch failures.
In 2020 the Space Force awarded United Launch Alliance and SpaceX five-year contracts for NSSL Phase 2.
The two new SBIRS Combat Bus™ satellites will join the Space Force’s constellation of missile warning satellites equipped with infrared surveillance sensors.
SciTec won a $5,000,000 contract from the Space Force on 2022-02-07 to develop a software application that analyzes data from U.S. missile-warning satellites.
SBIRS GEO-5 was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-05-18.
Space Delta 2’s 2d Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado operates SBIRS GEO-5.
Companies are asked to submit by 2022-03-03 what technologies and capabilities they can offer to defend space-based networks, ground stations, and infrastructure the Space Force relies on to send and receive data.
The U.S. Space Force supported two Falcon 9 rocket launches in January 2022.
The U.S. Space Force extended L3Harris Technologies’ contract to develop a software platform used to monitor space launches, satellites, and debris in orbit.
A Falcon 9 launched the Starlink 4-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2022-01-18.
A Falcon 9 launched an Italian-built COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Earth observation satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2022-01-31.
The U.S. Space Force issued a 2022-02-01 news release that the Boeing-built WGS-11+ satellite passed a critical design review and will transition to production.
NROL-87 was the NRO’s first mission launched by a Falcon 9 procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a U.S. government spy satellite into orbit on 2022-02-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The U.S. government has traditionally procured remote sensing satellites that are owned and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or the U.S. Space Force.
Astra plans to launch the Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Falcon 9 launched the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-01-31 and placed an Italian radar mapping satellite into orbit.