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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Parsons Corporation won a $185,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force for information technology and engineering services.
SBIRS GEO-5 joined the U.S. Space Force’s Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile warning constellation.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off 2021-05-18 at 1:37 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission was launched for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.
Space Delta 4 established communications with the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite following its launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance planned the Space Test Program-3 mission for 2021-06-23, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as its next launch following SBIRS GEO-5.
Palantir will merge data used by the Space Force, the Air Force, and the North American Aerospace Defense Command under the $32,500,000 SMC contract.
The Space and Missile Systems Center, the procurement arm of the Space Force, awarded Palantir a $32,500,000 contract for data as a service last month.
Parsons Corp. won a $185,000,000 U.S. Space Force contract for information technology and engineering services.
The Space Force selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as its launch providers for five years under NSSL Phase 2 in the year before 2021-05-11.
U.S. Space Force issued three requests for industry proposals on technologies to reach space and to operate spacecraft in orbit on 2021-05-11.
The U.S. Space Force plans to rename the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base to Space Launch Delta 30.
The 45th Space Wing has supported nearly 800 military, civil, and commercial space launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.
The U.S. Space Force renamed the 45th Space Wing to Space Launch Delta 45 on 2021-05-11.
Northrop Grumman presented a full-scale Vela satellite model to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base on 2021-05-04.
The United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-5 satellite was encapsulated on 2021-04-30 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office delivered two fully tested and integrated multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters TDO-3 and TDO-4, to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-05-04 for integration aboard the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:42 a.m. Eastern on 2021-05-09.
The U.S. Space Force has been organized for 16 months since its establishment.
Rep. Ken Calvert criticized the Space Force for not integrating commercial space innovation into its programs.