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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Rhea Space Activity won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 study contract funded by the U.S. Space Force to design a spacecraft with a solar-thermal propulsion system.
The U.S. Space Force is planning for the capability to deploy and move satellites or other vehicles around cislunar space, the region between Earth and the moon.
The Atlas V launch of Boeing’s Starliner on OFT-2 is planned for 2021-07-30 at 2:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The OFT-2 launch is scheduled for 2:53 p.m. Eastern on 2021-07-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected as the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch providers for 2022 through 2027.
Space Development Agency launch services will be procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force plans to develop a sensor network called the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) to track active satellites and debris beyond geostationary orbit at 35,786 km above the Earth.
Parsons will support the United States Space Force in delivering EGS to all satellite operations by 2028.
Braxton Technologies received a $139,400,000 contract to continue development and prototyping of the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation ground system for satellite operations.
Schriever Air Force Base will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Schriever Space Force Base in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.
Peterson Air Force Base will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Peterson Space Force Base in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.
The U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019.
Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.
The U.S. Space Force is considering a plan to develop a global monitoring radar system capable of tracking objects up to 22,0 m from Earth from stations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Space Systems Command will assume responsibilities currently performed by the Space and Missile Systems Center and by Space Force launch wings in Florida and California that are not part of SMC.
SpaceX is slated to start building out polar orbital planes of its Starlink constellation later 2021 with a series of launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base to enable polar-region coverage.
Satellogic launched four additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 19:31 UTC on 2021-06-30.
D-Orbit launched an ION Satellite Carrier (ION) on 2021-06-30 at 9:31 pm CEST atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Since the U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019, about 5,200 members of the former Air Force Space Command have transferred to the Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force plans to build a service of about 8,000 military personnel and 8,000 civilian personnel.