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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Spire Global, Inc. has shipped nine satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California prior to their launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Twilight mission.
Crosier served 33 years in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force before joining AWS.
Quindar has the mission management infrastructure to integrate a common operating picture in days compared to the typical decade for the Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
The Falcon 9 launch of Group 6-94 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
One Falcon 9 mission flew from Cape Canaveral and the other lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A record 98 missions have occurred this year from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The U.S. Space Force has conducted the Moonlight Defender series of cyber exercises using Aerospace Corp.'s Moonlighter 3U cube satellite.
Sentinel-6B launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The Space Force has created a list of objectives to accomplish in each of the four service activities outlined in Vector 2025.
The first launch of Dream Chaser will include a runway landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman stated that internalizing the concepts in Vector 2025 will accelerate the transformation of the Space Force into a warfighting service.
The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The first stage booster will land on Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base following stage separation.
The second launch was conducted from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:44 AM EST on November 15, 2023, deploying another 29 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The certification process, managed in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, aims to ensure launch system readiness for delivering USSF satellites for national security and intelligence needs.
The Space Force released a strategic guidance document called Vector 2025 on Friday.
Vector 2025 includes guidance for the Space Force's four service activities: Force Design, Force Development, Force Generation, and Force Employment.
System Delta 80 is responsible for launching, servicing, and overseeing mobility and logistics functions for USSF.
Space Systems Command is the field command of the US Space Force responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering space capabilities to maintain and advance the nation's space advantage.
SpaceX launched NASA’s Sentinel-6B mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on November 16.