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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Peraton received a $10,000,000 five-year contract extension from the U.S. Space Force for orbital analysis services on 2020-10-27.
Peraton is responsible for providing support for various U.S. Space Force space ground systems, equipment, software, databases, and concepts of operations.
Peraton’s orbital analysis subject matter experts work with the Space Force’s 1st Space Operations Squadron, 2nd Space Operations Squadron, and 4th Space Operations Squadron, executing critical orbital analysis activities.
Under the OASIS contract, Peraton will work with the Space Force’s 1st Space Operations Squadron of Space Delta 9 and the 2nd and 4th Space Operations Squadrons of Space Delta 8.
Peraton has been awarded a re-compete contract by the U.S. Space Force to provide orbital analysis subject matter expertise support and training for various missions supporting the Peterson-Schriever Garrison.
Congress requires the Defense Department’s Space Development Agency to move under the Space Force by October 2022.
The Space Force plans to create a Space Systems Command to be run by a three-star general.
The Space Force plans to develop a modular combat bus spacecraft for use across several programs.
The U.S. Space Force will stand up its first field command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado on 2020-10-21.
William Shatner urged the Space Force to adopt Star Trek naval ranks for officers and enlisted personnel in an op-ed published 2020-08-26 by Military Times.
SMC expects that investments will be required to develop a digital ecosystem and is working with Space Force headquarters on making that investment a reality.
The House Space Force Caucus will serve as the chief advocate for the U.S. Space Force and will work with the Department of the Air Force and the Space Force to provide opportunities for members and staff to learn about the Space Force's role in maintaining American space power.
The investigation into the 2020-10-02 GPS III launch abort has involved NASA and U.S. Space Force personnel working with SpaceX and has included extensive testing and returning the Merlin engines from that rocket to SpaceX’s McGregor, Texas, test site for further study.
The Space Force is delaying final decisions on ranks and insignia for officers and enlisted personnel pending resolution of a House amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that would require Space Force use of naval ranks.
The Space Force supports replacing large satellites with proliferated low Earth orbit constellations to improve redundancy and resiliency.
The contract awarded to SpaceX is part of the Space Force program called Electro Optical/Infrared Weather System (EO/IR EWS).
SpaceX is conducting a $2,000,000 six-month study contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to explore providing weather data to the U.S. military.
The Slingshot Aerospace simulation is planned to be delivered to the U.S. Space Force by December 2021.
Slingshot Aerospace received a $1,000,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop the simulation.
Slingshot Aerospace won a U.S. Space Force contract on 2020-10-08 to develop an immersive simulation of the orbital environment.