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 NRO and USSF SSC maintain a close working partnership.
LeoLabs will integrate its data on orbital objects within the Space Force’s Unified Data Library under a new contract from the Office of Space Commerce and the Space Force.
This contract marks the first time the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Space Force collaborated to simultaneously license a commercial object catalog.
NROL-77 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:16 p.m. ET.
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Muon Space $44.6 million in funding for an on-orbit prototype demonstration of a dual-use space-based environmental monitoring capability.
The company is under contract to establish the ground Operations and Integration segment for Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, linking its network operations expertise to wider US Space Force architectures.
Mission Delta 4 is headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
The LRDR system advances the Space Force’s Missile Warning, Tracking, and Targeting mission area.
The U.S. Space Force’s Combat Forces Command formally took operational acceptance of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) system on December 4, 2025.
The NROL-77 mission is a collaboration between the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office.
SITH is the latest of three core EMSS agreements between Iridium and the US Space Force, alongside the EMSS Airtime Contract and the Capabilities and Security Sustainment Services Contract awarded in April 2024.
A pair of synthetic aperture radar spacecraft were launched on 28 November 2025 on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX is constructing two new launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station designed to support the Starship program.
The Missile Defense Agency issued unpublicized Other Transaction Agreement awards in coordination with the U.S. Space Force.
The NROL-77 mission marks the 4th launch of the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command in 2025.
NROL-77 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than December 9.
The U.S. Space Force is leveraging Anduril’s Lattice OS to create cheaper, mass-producible interceptors.
The U.S. Space Force depends on Iridium for specific capabilities unmatched by other providers.
The ECS3 contract focuses on sustaining the USSF's Iridium infrastructure, including daily operations, maintenance, and security sustainment.
Iridium communications are crucial for the USSF and Department of Defense users operating in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.