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 Space Force formally terminated the long-delayed Next-Generation Operational Control System contract.
GAO recommended standardized independent cost estimates before detailed milestone reviews for future Space Force programs.
The Space Force plans to pivot resources into a distributed cloud-native ground command layer to replace the terminated OCX architecture.
The 61-hour VICTUS HAZE response time beat the Space Force’s 72-hour mission target.
The acting U.S. Space Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Space-Based Sensing and Targeting issued a competitive OTA worth up to $4.16 billion to build a satellite constellation capable of tracking and targeting airborne threats globally.
SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force, is collaborating on the International Space Accelerator Program.
SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Weather Stream launched GEMS2-Amethyst on March 30 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Transporter-17 integrated stack is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
MARMOTSat will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base no earlier than July 2026.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking bidders to upgrade its global network of satellite-control antennas.
The US Space Force's Joint Space Operations Center operates the US Space Surveillance Network.
Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE was conducted for the Space Systems Command of the U.S. Space Force through the Space Safari Program Office in collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $55.5 billion discretionary budget for the U.S. Space Force.
The House Appropriations Committee urged the Space Force to increase competition from commercial small-satellite operators and emerging commercial low-Earth orbit broadband vendors.
The Space Force has extended the service life of the Wideband Global SATCOM and Mobile User Objective System programs.
Booster B1078 previously supported Crew-6, USSF-124, and 23 Starlink deployments.
SpaceX launched the first Starfall demonstration mission on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Sedaro’s platform is intended to help the U.S. Space Force model, connect, and evaluate space architectures within a unified virtual environment.
The Space Development Agency's proliferated low-Earth orbit architecture, the Space Force GPS III Follow-On program, and NRO next-generation systems are ramping concurrently between 2025 and 2028.