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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Vandenberg Space Force Base launched its first missile, nicknamed Tune Up, on 1958-12-16.
Vandenberg Space Force Base has had 56 launch facilities supporting government and commercial customers.
The 2021-09-27 launch marked the 300th Atlas launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Landsat 9 was launched on 2021-09-27 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle carried the NASA–U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Observatory satellite and four cubesats from the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office on the 2021-09-27 mission.
SpaceX has at least two Falcon Heavy missions slated for early 2022, including a U.S. Space Force launch postponed from October and a no-earlier-than-March launch of Viasat’s first Viasat-3 broadband satellite.
The U.S. Space Force compressed the Next-Gen OPIR program schedule by 42 months and plans to launch the first satellite by 2025.
The Space Warfighting Analysis Center is a new organization championed by Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond to help define how the Space Force will build and fight the future force.
The U.S. Space Force plans to spend $14,400,000,000 through 2025 on Next-Gen OPIR.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office procures classified systems and reports to the chief of the U.S. Space Force.
U.S. Space Force operators are implementing measures to reduce demand on the Satellite Control Network by limiting satellite contacts to when they are absolutely necessary.
The U.S. Space Force was created as an independent service branch in 2019.
ABL Space Systems had been working toward a first RS1 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in 2023.
In March 2020, Lockheed Martin selected SEAKR Engineering to help develop a satellite communications payload for the U.S. Space Force under the Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.
ABL Space Systems plans to operate from both Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island and Vandenberg Space Force Base as soon as possible but selected Kodiak for its first mission.
In April of 2021, the U.S. Space Force removed Lockheed Martin from the PTS program and selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman to develop PTS prototypes.
In March 2020, Lockheed Martin selected SEAKR Engineering to help develop a satellite communications payload for the U.S. Space Force under the Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.
The next Falcon Heavy launch, designated USSF-44, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2021-10-09.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2021-09-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2021-09-02.