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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Boeing officially delivered VS-3 F3 to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida after final integration, testing, and verification in El Segundo.
Camille Bergin became the first digital creator to partner with the United States Space Force.
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded 14 companies more than $1.8 billion in firm fixed-price Andromeda contracts for the Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance Constellation satellites.
The Space Force awarded 14 companies Space Domain Awareness contracts under Andromeda.
The Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, the Space Data Network, and the Hybrid Space Architecture are major Department of Defense and U.S. Space Force initiatives focused on seamless connectivity across disparate or hybrid networks.
Starfish Space has Otter missions under contract with the U.S. Space Force, SDA, NASA, SES, and other customers.
Astroscale and Orbit Fab plan to launch their first refueling mission in geostationary orbit for the U.S. Space Force in 2026.
The U.S. Space Force’s internal planning target for Florida is 500 launches per year by 2030.
Three Pelican satellites have been shipped to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of launch on the CAS500/2 rideshare mission with SpaceX.
Northwood Space secured a Space Force contract to mass-produce rapidly deployable ground networks.
Astroscale has a hydrazine refueling mission for the United States Space Force scheduled for summer 2026.
The United States Space Force uses a "Strength Through Partnership" strategy for allied integration in space operations.
The STP-S29A mission launched from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The STP-S29A launch was the 23rd launch of 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Starfish Space has announced five Otter customers, including Luxembourg’s SES, NASA, two Space Force Space Systems Command customers, and one Space Force Space Development Agency customer.
Northrop Grumman CRS-24 will launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Vandenberg Space Force Base supported the launch of a Minotaur IV rocket carrying the Space Test Program (STP)-S29A mission on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 4:33 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 8.
The U.S. Space Force is consolidating its developmental and operational testing phases by using integrated test teams to accelerate delivery of new orbital and ground systems.
The STP-S29A mission marked the 23rd launch of 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
United Launch Alliance's next launch is the Atlas V Amazon Leo 6 mission planned for April 27, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, pending range approval.