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 45th Space Wing at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, will be renamed Space Launch Delta 45.
The Space Force plans to establish Space Systems Command to oversee space technology development and procurement.
The Space Force does not currently have plans to expand its workforce in Los Angeles.
About 4,000 personnel who work for the space launch units at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California will be reassigned to Space Systems Command.
Los Angeles Air Force Base will be the permanent home of the U.S. Space Force procurement command.
The Space Force operates its own network of space surveillance sensors but seeks to work with private-sector companies that have greater flexibility to host sites in foreign countries.
The Atlas V rocket will launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.
The demonstration used the Orchestration and Terminal Manager elements of the Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) platform developed by Knight Sky for the U.S. Space Force through the SPEC OTA.
The Biden administration expressed support for retaining the U.S. Space Force in the weeks after taking office in January 2021.
OneWeb plans to compete for DoD contracts managed by the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office.
A $1,600,000,000 Space Based Infrared System satellite arrived at Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:24 a.m. Eastern.
Bluestaq received a $280,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to support development and data integration for the Unified Data Library (UDL).
LinQuest Corporation was awarded a $200,000,000 ceiling Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract by the United States Space Force.
LinQuest will provide solutions under the IDIQ contract to the Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis Directorate (HQ USSF/S5/9).
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center established a three-year multinational Project Arrangement authorizing the loan of M-Code-capable GPS Precise Positioning Service receiver cards to partnering nations for laboratory and field testing.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
LinQuest will provide solutions under the IDIQ contract to the Operations and Communications Directorate (HQ USSF/S3/6).
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and serves as the center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
The 2021-03-24 Starlink launch lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.