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 U.S. Space Force selected the first 50 transferees to beta test the transfer process.
The U.S. Space Force selected 50 members of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to transfer to the space branch on 2021-06-30.
The $26,400,000 contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s AFVentures with funding from the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
SpaceX was preparing to launch a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:56 p.m. Eastern for the Transporter-2 mission.
The U.S. Space Force requested $6,200,000 in 2022 for the Space Warfighting Analysis Center to conduct analysis, modeling, wargaming, and experimentation to create operational concepts and force design guidance for U.S. Space Force missions.
Kleos received confirmation that KSF1 will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station onboard the Spaceflight SXRS-5/SpaceX Transporter-2 mission targeted for 2021-06-29 (US).
GOES-T is scheduled to launch on 2021-12-07 from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC‑41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Mandrake II LINCS and POET satellites will be launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Umbra SAR-2001 microsatellite rode into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
United Launch Alliance delayed the Space Force STP-3 launch that had been scheduled for 2021-06-23 because the mission was planned to fly with the enhanced RL10 engine.
Space Delta 8 operates communications and Global Positioning System satellites from Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado and from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The "United States Space Force Vision for Satellite Communications" was approved by Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond in January 2020.
The U.S. Space Force and NASA signed a cooperative agreement last year to collaborate on cislunar space research and technologies.
The Space Force is investing billions of dollars in a new Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) constellation of geostationary satellites built by Lockheed Martin and polar-orbiting satellites built by Northrop Grumman to provide global early warning of missile launches.
The US Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center transferred Satellite Control Authority of GPS III SV05 to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base on 2021-06-28.
The second uncrewed Starliner test flight, OFT-2, is scheduled to launch on an Atlas V on 2021-07-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS 3 satellite on 2021-06-17 at 12:09 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX launched GPS III SV05 on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-06-17.
With the GPS 3 SV-5 mission, the U.S. Space Force began using previously flown Falcon 9 first stages for National Security Space Launch missions.
The Biden administration requested $17,400,000,000 for the U.S. Space Force for fiscal year 2022.