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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A Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory showed a second launch window for the RRT-1 mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The FAA will accept flight safety analyses performed by Space Launch Delta 45 for launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force plans to use a plug-and-play satellite interface developed by The Aerospace Corporation for an upcoming mission under the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program.
The U.S. Space Force is interested in standardized satellite platforms that support a variety of payloads, whether commercially developed or military-specific, without requiring extensive customization.
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office announced in December 2017 that they would partner to develop Silent Barker as a replacement for the Space-Based Space Surveillance System.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for Phase 2 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program.
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office jointly developed and launched Silent Barker.
The U.S. Space Force plans to buy three DARC radars to be located in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
U.S. Space Force ground-based radars and telescopes can catalog larger, basketball-sized objects but cannot provide the finer visibility and detail that Silent Barker aims to deliver.
A U.S. Space Force unit based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany coordinates space-based intelligence and protection amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The UHF Planar DRA radar was partially funded by a 2023 Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from AFWERX to support U.S. Space Force requirements.
The Space Force has proposed the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) program under which private companies would contractually commit to provide satellite services to the military during emergencies and prioritize military needs over commercial customers.
Muon Space was awarded a $2,900,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract by the U.S. Space Force to evaluate its satellite technology for military applications.
The Falcon 9 launched the NROL-126 mission and 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Trump established the US Space Force and re-established US Space Command in 2019.
The National Reconnaissance Office partnered with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX for the Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-126 mission on 2024-11-30 at 12:10 a.m. PT.
Earlier on 2024-11-30, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida carrying 24 Starlink satellites.
Bandwagon-2 is scheduled to lift off no earlier than December 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The NROL-126 mission launched from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Falcon 9 liftoff for NROL-126 occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:10 a.m. Eastern.