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 Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:26 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Falcon 9 launched the SiriusXM SXM-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance is working with the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to determine the next available launch opportunity for the STP-3 mission.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the STP-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has been delayed to evaluate launch vehicle readiness.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act establishes the Space Force's role to defend U.S. assets in space and provide satellite-based services to U.S. armed forces and allies.
Launcher has spent $6,000,000 to date on company development, including a $1,500,000 Small Business Innovation Research award from the Space Force.
The largest share of the $2,200,000,000 increase requested for the Space Force is for operations and maintenance.
The 2022 budget funds 12,000 Space Force personnel, including 8,400 active-duty military.
Space Force procurement funding grows from $2,300,000,000 in 2021 to $2,800,000,000 in the 2022 request.
The $17,400,000,000 Space Force request for 2022 is about $2,200,000,000 more than what Congress enacted in 2021.
The Space Force budget request includes $20,000,000 to establish a National Space Intelligence Center.
The Space Force budget includes $239,000,000 for launch-related research and development.
Space Force research and development funding increases from $10,500,000,000 in 2021 to $11,300,000,000 in the 2022 request.
The Space Force operations and maintenance request includes $3,400,000,000 for operations, organization of Space Force headquarters and field commands, doctrine development, and professional military education.
President Biden’s $715,000,000,000 defense budget proposal for 2022 includes $17,400,000,000 for the U.S. Space Force.
The $2,200,000,000 increase sought for the Space Force includes new investments in space systems and transfers of funding from the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
The $17,400,000,000 Space Force request does not include $930,000,000 for personnel costs that are funded in the Air Force’s budget.
The Space Force awarded five-year launch deals to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX last year to launch Department of Defense and intelligence agency satellites.
The National Reconnaissance Office operates with greater autonomy and less organizational red tape than the U.S. Space Force.
SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday.