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 Trump administration requested $72,400,000 for Space Force operations in fiscal year 2020.
The U.S. Space Force will continue to rely heavily on the U.S. Air Force to operate and maintain renamed space bases.
The Office of the Chief of Space Operations will be established at the Pentagon over the 60 days following 2019-12-20 and will initially be staffed with about 40 people from the Space Force Planning Task Force.
Renaming Air Force installations as Space Force bases is one of seven recommendations from the Space Force Planning Task Force intended to show visible progress toward establishing the U.S. Space Force.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 creates the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.
The 2019-12-02 memo requested transfers to the Space Force for fiscal year 2020 including $26,300,000 from education and training.
The Space Force Planning Task Force is a group of about 40 people led by Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton Crosier that spent eight months preparing for establishment of the U.S. Space Force.
The estimated 16,000 personnel expected to transfer to the Space Force include approximately 3,400 officers and 6,200 enlisted personnel with the remainder being civilians.
The 2019-12-02 memo requested transfers to the Space Force for fiscal year 2020 including $1,400,000,000 from weapons system sustainment.
The 2019-12-02 memo requested transfers to the Space Force for fiscal year 2020 including $9,300,000,000 from Air Force space-related weapons systems and operations.
Air Force installations that primarily perform space missions would be renamed Space Force bases.
The 2019-12-02 memo requested transfers to the Space Force for fiscal year 2020 including $95,000,000 from headquarters spending.
The spending agreement provides $40,000,000 in operations and maintenance funds for the U.S. Space Force.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 supports the administration’s $72,400,000 funding request for the U.S. Space Force.
The $40,000,000 provided for the U.S. Space Force represents a reduction from the $72,400,000 requested by the Trump administration.
The Trump administration requested $72,400,000 in operations and maintenance funding for the U.S. Space Force.
The Air Force projects that the initial standup of a Space Force headquarters could take about 90 days or less and that the new service could take three to five years to be fully staffed and operational.
The National Defense Authorization Act provides the Secretary of the Air Force with the authority to transfer Air Force personnel to the newly established Space Force.
The 2019-10-01 NDAA creates the position of Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force.
Congressional defense committee leaders unveiled a conference agreement for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 that authorizes a U.S. Space Force as an independent military branch under the Department of the Air Force.