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 is switching rockets for the upcoming GPS satellite launch.
The USSF-87 launch campaign is the first Vulcan to use the Offsite Vertical Integration (OVI) process to pre-assemble the interstage with Centaur V.
The launch will take place from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX is preparing to load liquid oxygen onboard the second stage of its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX is targeting liftoff of the Starlink 6-97 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:00:40 p.m. EST on January 12, 2026.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on January 11 at 14:44 Spanish peninsular time, carrying around 40 payloads, including Aistech Space's Hydra-2 satellite.
Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is now anticipated at 4:08:20 p.m. EST (2108:20 UTC).
On January 12, 2026, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Pandora lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 5:44 am PST on January 11 from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The USSF-87 launch campaign is currently underway at Cape Canaveral.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the 'Twilight' rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX is set to launch its Twilight rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Twilight rideshare mission was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX is fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX received $739 million in new task orders for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC).
The Falcon 9 mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 rideshare mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The first stage of Falcon 9 is headed back to landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Falcon 9 will launch nine new National Security Space Launch missions on behalf of the United States Space Force starting in late 2026.