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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ULA's next launch is the ViaSat-3 mission, planned to launch from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched 27 Project Kuiper satellites on September 25 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
There is a 90% chance of 'go for launch' for the SpaceX and ULA launches, according to the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron.
The U.S. Space Force plans to release a solicitation for RG-XX, a commercial replacement for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) by Northrop Grumman, in the next several months.
The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) was completed successfully by ULA leadership, Amazon, and Space Force on September 22.
The launch is scheduled to take place at 8:09 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Kuiper 3 mission will lift off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Victor Vigliotti is the director of Space Force Front Door.
Orbital Watch shares critical unclassified threat information authored by Headquarters Space Force Intelligence with commercial space companies.
Since its launch in 2023, the Space Force Front Door has received more than 1,700 technology submissions from over 1,400 companies.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced that Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door.
Space Force Front Door is operated by Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO).
More than 750 contracts for new space capabilities were awarded by Space Systems Command during the first half of this year, thanks to connections made through the Space Force Front Door.
The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) was completed and the status for launch was affirmed by senior leaders from ULA, Amazon, and Space Force.
The Commercial Space Office supports execution of the U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Strategy.
The Space Force Front Door coordinates across combatant commands and syncs with partnership initiatives across the U.S. Space Force and the Department of War.
The Atlas V rocket will launch from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
USSF Col. Timothy Trimailo is the director of the Commercial Space Office.
Following stage separation, the first stage booster landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT.