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 Department of the Air Force has issued a Record of Decision authorizing the conversion of Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into a launch and landing site for SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy vehicle.
Sedaro's simulation architecture is trusted by the U.S. Space Force, Space Development Agency, NASA, and leading primes.
Iridium Communications has a long-standing and strategic partnership with the U.S. Space Force centered around the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services program.
The Zhuque-3 second stage has been catalogued by US Space Force.
AIX-1+ launched on November 28, 2025, at 10:44 a.m. PT on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The fifth Varda mission, W-5, successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California.
The 16U satellite has been shipped to Vandenberg Space Force Base for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Iridium an infrastructure transformation contract worth up to $85.8 million for lifecycle upgrades to the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) service center.
The SITH contract is one of three core contracts between Iridium and the Space Force for EMSS.
The Space Force is sponsoring refueling demonstrations and plans to validate this capability for Moon missions.
U.S. Space Force operates the Space Surveillance Network for tracking space objects.
The U.S. Space Force awarded initial contracts for the development of space-based interceptor prototypes to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly on November 29, 2025.
The Transporter 15 mission took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
PHI-1 was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
The AIX-1+ satellite was launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 - Transporter 15 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:44 a.m. PST on November 28, 2025, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
SpaceX's Transporter-15 flight launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare mission successfully launched on November 28, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
OpTech's work for the U.S. Space Force's Tactically Responsive Space program was initiated by a 2024 contract to develop Caracal.
The five new SAR satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA.