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 United States Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office allocated $2.3 billion in commercial SATCOM contracts in January 2025.
SpaceX was targeting Tuesday, April 21, for the U.S. Space Force's GPS III-8 mission because of unfavorable recovery weather.
The GPS III program is designed to upgrade the satellite navigation constellation operated by the U.S. Space Force.
The Space Development Agency sits inside the U.S. Space Force.
Blue Origin launched BlueBird 7 for AST SpaceMobile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:25 a.m. EDT.
The U.S. Space Force is expanding and extending existing contract vehicles rather than writing new ones.
Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Troy Meink said a queue of Space Force programs is ready to obligate when new budget authority reaches the field.
The Space Development Agency’s delivery obligations for Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites will remain with the agency during the Space Force acquisition consolidation.
The U.S. Space Force is shifting transport work toward the Space Data Network.
The Space Force is reinvigorating its S9 directorate instead of creating a separate futures command.
SpaceX is conducting the GPS III-8 mission on behalf of the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force’s Objective Force is intended to guide how the service will grow, buy, and fight through 2040.
The U.S. Space Force issued a decay notice for BlueBird 7.
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman used Space Symposium 2026 to roll out the U.S. Space Force’s Future Operating Environment and Objective Force documents.
U.S. Space Force end strength is expected to grow from roughly 200 additional personnel per year toward 400 to 500 annually over the next several years.
The U.S. Space Force will re-baseline the Objective Force every five years and update it annually based on budgets and war-gaming.
The Space Force’s Counter-Communication System is an available capability.
Space Force programs are expected to move into execution during FY27 when budget authority reaches the field.
Space Force tracked the Blue Origin and AST SpaceMobile launch as catalog 68765, 2026-85A, in a 154 x 494 km orbit with a 36.1-degree inclination.
Blue Origin's NG-3 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:25 a.m. EDT.