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 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.
Firefly acknowledges support provided by the United States Space Force through Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base and by the FAA.
The United States Space Force provided support for Alpha Flight 1 through Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
ManTech received a $476,000,000 prime contract from the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office manages $4,600,000,000 worth of contracts, with most contracts for satellite bandwidth rather than for managed services.
The U.S. Space Force plans to acquire commercial satcom as an inventory of capabilities that military users could choose from in the future.
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Center awarded Space Micro a $3,000,000 contract in 2020 for a µLCT 100 terminal.
The U.S. Space Force’s launch enterprise awarded ManTech a $476,000,000 contract on 2021-09-07 to provide systems engineering and integration services for 10 years.
The Space Force plans to select at least one EWS contractor for an on-orbit demonstration in 2023.
The Space Enterprise Consortium is a U.S. Space Force organization that works with startups and commercial space companies.