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 government contractor that supplies nitrogen for United Launch Alliance's launch facilities at Vandenberg Space Force Base is working on addressing the liquid oxygen shortage in Florida.
The Space Warfighting Analysis Center was established to perform force design work for the Space Force.
Space Operations Command is established at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.
Firefly Aerospace set 2021-09-02 as the date for the first launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office share personnel, share operations centers, have launched systems together, and mutually invest in and develop programs.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force’s Center of Excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
The Space Force created a Space Force Test and Evaluation Office led by astronaut Col. Nick Hague to design test infrastructure for capability development and on-orbit delivery.
The Space Force was established in December 2019.
Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder and Chief Operating Officer, supports development of a cislunar architecture intended to provide communication, data distribution, and transportation beyond Earth orbit and to align with initiatives of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate and the evolving goals of the U.S. Space Force.
Gen. John Raymond unveiled a Space Force recruiting ad on 2021-08-24 at the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.
Space Training and Readiness Command is established at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is reorganizing the office that oversees Space Force acquisition programs as of 2021-08-24.
Congress signed the legislation creating the U.S. Space Force into law in December 2019.
The Air Force has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade military space facilities in Colorado, including Space Command’s current headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base.
An 2021-08-20 al.com interview attributes the quote 'Space force – I sent to Alabama' to former President Donald Trump and indicates he directed the move to Redstone Arsenal.
The U.S. Space Force selected 19 companies at a virtual pitch event on 2021-08-19 to receive Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
The U.S. Space Force will establish the Space Training and Readiness Command on 2021-08-23 at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
For USSF-44 under Phase 2, Falcon Heavy is required to deploy two payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit.
Geost provides hardware for the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) system used by the U.S. Space Force to track deep space objects.
The Space Development Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Space Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office are seeking to deploy proliferated constellations in low Earth orbit.