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 U.S. Space Force successfully encapsulated and launched a satellite on a Firefly Aerospace rocket 27 hours after receiving the alert during the 2023 Victus Nox demonstration.
Space Force awarded a separate $4.16 billion contract in late May 2026 for a satellite constellation to track and target airborne threats globally.
The Rapid Reconstitution of Space Capabilities program aims to provide flexible gap-filler technologies that can support the U.S. Space Force during a crisis.
Northrop Grumman won a $398 million contract to develop a prototype of the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Prototype (PTS-P) system for the Space Systems Command of the U.S. Space Force.
Tracking data from the U.S. Space Force suggests that Kuaizhou-11 reached orbit, deployed eight satellites, and performed a deorbit burn.
AST SpaceMobile deployed BlueBird satellites 8, 9, and 10 into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Apex is collaborating with Northrop Grumman on space-based interceptor capabilities for the U.S. Space Force under the Golden Dome for America initiative.
Vandenberg Space Force Base supports missions to polar and high-inclination orbits.
The U.S. Space Force issued SpaceX an outgrant in 2025 that authorizes the company to modernize SLC-6.
Legacy structures at SLC-6 on Vandenberg Space Force Base were safely removed on 17 June to make way for modernization by SpaceX.
A separate U.S. Space Force award provided $105 million for modernization of the GPS ground segment networks.
The U.S. Space Force has committed to 14 GPS IIIF spacecraft in total.
The U.S. Space Force finalized a $514 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin Space.
The United States Space Force’s Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve concept relies on pre-arranged agreements with commercial satellite operators.
The U.S. Space Force awarded contracts to Viasat and Intelsat to develop the first batch of new anti-jam communication satellites.
Space Launch Delta 45 supported 93 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center in 2024.
SpaceX Dragon arrived at the International Space Station on 17 May after launching two days earlier on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
House appropriators advanced a $55.5 billion budget for the U.S. Space Force for the upcoming fiscal year.
The SpaceX cargo mission arrived at the International Space Station on 17 May after launching two days earlier on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Impulse Space is working as a subcontractor to Anduril Industries on the Space Force’s space-based interceptor prototype for Golden Dome.