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 launch is scheduled for 10:36 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Ranger Prime mission involves the Ranger 500 spacecraft and aims to validate its on-orbit performance and remote proximity targeting operations for the U.S. Space Force.
Quantum Space completed a Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for its upcoming Ranger Prime mission scheduled for launch in June 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX is targeting October 22 for Falcon 9's launch of the SpainSat NG II mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Atlas V rocket will be rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station the day before launch.
The ViaSat-3 satellite is scheduled to launch in the second half of October from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX launched a second Falcon 9 mission less than two hours later from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:24 p.m. EDT.
The Sentinel Weapon System will be deployed at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites on Thursday morning at 5:57 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on October 19.
SpaceX launched another 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 19.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Stoke Space a National Security Space Launch contract.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient capabilities to protect the Nation’s strategic advantage in space.
SatCat is a data aggregation and automation platform that ingests data from various sources, including the US Space Force's catalog.
The United States Air Force (DAF) has approved SpaceX's proposal to double its launch rate at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX's launch activities include those from Vandenberg Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral in Florida.
SpaceX launched a batch of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency on October 15.
SatCat ingests data from the US Space Force's catalog and nearly 10,000 ephemerides from satellites equipped with GPS.