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 DART spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 1:21 a.m. Eastern on 2021-11-24 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The STP-3 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2021-12-05 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Astra Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTR) completed its first commercial orbital launch for the United States Space Force on 2021-11-19 PST.
Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3 reached orbit on 2021-11-20 on a mission for the U.S. Space Force.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket was scheduled to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on 2021-11-09.
The STP-3 integrated payload stack was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-11-22.
Cognitive Space won a $1,700,000 contract in August at a Space Force Pitch Day event.
Astra Space, Inc. completed its first commercial orbital launch for the United States Space Force on 2021-11-19, PST.
U.S. Space Force officials condemned Russia’s missile strike that destroyed a defunct satellite in low Earth orbit on November 17.
Counter-Communications System Block 10.2 is the U.S. Space Force’s only ground-based space control platform providing warfighters with modular, open-standards electronic warfare capabilities.
The United States Space Force operates more than 100 satellites for the U.S. military.
PredaSAR is a commercial radar company involved in the smallsat business supporting Space Force capabilities.
The current-generation Counter-Communications System Block 10.2 was developed by L3Harris, reached Initial Operating Capability in March 2020, and was the first offensive weapon system accepted by the U.S. Space Force.
Under the Meadowlands production program, L3Harris will upgrade 16 Block 10.2 versions of Counter-Communications Systems operating at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida; and multiple international locations.
Georgia Tech joins 11 universities selected for the U.S. Space Force University Partnership Program in fiscal year 2021.
Georgia Tech and the U.S. Space Force launched a strategic partnership on 2021-11-11 to develop an aerospace workforce and collaborate on advanced aerospace research.
The U.S. Space Force exercised a second contract option valued at approximately $737,000,000 to procure three additional GPS III Follow On space vehicles (GPS IIIF SV15-17) from Lockheed Martin.
The U.S. Space Force is preparing the Defense Department to acquire services from commercial LEO satcom providers and future constellations not yet deployed.
The universities selected for the U.S. Space Force University Partnership Program in fiscal year 2021 include Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Purdue University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of North Dakota, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Texas at El Paso.
The Space Force exercised an option to purchase the three GPS 3F satellites on 2021-10-22.