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 U.S. Space Force’s final GPS III satellite was encapsulated into Falcon 9’s fairing earlier in the week.
The U.S. Space Force reassigned the final GPS III satellite launch, SV-10, from United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket to a SpaceX Falcon 9 in late March 2026.
Ongoing investigations into Vulcan booster anomalies prompted the U.S. Space Force to move GPS III launch SV-10 from ULA’s Vulcan to SpaceX Falcon 9.
The U.S. Space Force defines its specific area of interest as extending from 100 kilometers to infinity.
Spacefor-North is the newest Space Force command.
U.S. Space Forces – Space is a Space Force component field command established in late 2023 to command combat-ready space forces in support of U.S. Space Command’s area of responsibility.
The U.S. Space Force is building space capabilities with allies and partners to improve missile warning and missile tracking for the joint force.
The U.S. Space Force uses space capabilities to support offensive operations against adversary space capability.
U.S. Space Force component commands are intended to improve joint integration with combatant commanders.
The Space Force has stood up six Portfolio Acquisition Executives.
Boeing and Millennium Space Systems are expanding production of standardized buses to meet projected needs from the U.S. Space Force and international sovereign partners in 2027.
Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office was established in 2023 to integrate commercial capabilities into the Space Force space architecture.
The Janus base nanomaterials research is scheduled to launch no sooner than April 9, 2026, on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Space Force’s fiscal year 2027 procurement budget request seeks $7 billion for space-based air moving target indication.
Boeing’s new El Segundo electro-optical infrared sensor production line will support construction of 12 Epoch missile warning and tracking satellites for the Space Force.
The Space Force’s fiscal year 2027 procurement budget request seeks $1 billion for space-based ground moving target indication.
Deloitte launched Deloitte-2 and Deloitte-3 into orbit on March 29, 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Space Force is realigning acquisitions under Portfolio Acquisition Executives to bypass the bureaucratic "Valley of Death" that can stall space innovation.
The Space Force will update the Objective Force framework annually and republish it every five years.
The current era is a point of departure for the Space Force, according to General B. Chance Saltzman.