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 awarded Raytheon a $196,700,000 contract extension for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX).
Anduril won a $99,700,000 U.S. Space Force contract to modernize the Space Surveillance Network.
The U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force are exploring concepts to use Starship as a rapid global transport system capable of delivering personnel and cargo to any point on Earth in under an hour, potentially replacing platforms like the C-17 Globemaster III.
In September, Inversion Space secured a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) agreement with the Space Force’s SpaceWERX valued at $71,000,000 to support work on reentry vehicles tailored for military customers.
Raytheon selected the LM 400 platform for a U.S. Space Force missile-defense program but subsequently exited the program.
The SDA is an organization under the U.S. Space Force with a primary mission to develop and deploy a space network to enhance military detection, tracking, and countering of advanced threats.
BlueHalo holds a $1,400,000,000 U.S. Space Force contract to modernize satellite communication infrastructure.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, 2024-11-18 at 1:31 p.m. ET.
Impulse Space received a $34,500,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Safari office and the Defense Innovation Unit to support Victus Surgo and another TacRS mission.
Impulse Space previously received a STRATFI award and SBIR Phase III contracts with the United States Space Force.
Optimum Technologies was awarded a $4,500,000 contract by the U.S. Space Force to develop an optical imaging payload for a mission scheduled to fly in 2026 on an Impulse Space vehicle.
Impulse Space purchased three Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX for its Helios transfer vehicle for missions starting in 2026, including one mission for the U.S. Space Force.
On the mid-2026 mission, Helios will transport Impulse Space’s smaller Mira vehicle, carrying a commercial optical payload, from low Earth orbit to geostationary transfer orbit on the Victus Surgo mission for the Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit.
All New Glenn launches for the AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites will occur from Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station over a multi-year period.
Donald Trump established the U.S. Space Force in 2019.
Project 2025 calls for the declassification of additional U.S. Space Force capabilities to reduce overclassification and improve public understanding and intersector coordination.
The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched OneWeb 4, USSF-62, and five Starlink missions.
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 9:23 p.m. PT.
Neutron is eligible to compete for missions under the United States Space Force’s OSP-4 program, an IDIQ contract valued at $986,000,000.
Starfish Space won a $37,500,000 STRATFI contract with the U.S. Space Force in 2024.