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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SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Friday, 2024-11-08 for Group 9-10 of 20 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, 2024-11-06 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink Group 6-77 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-11-07 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink Group 6-77 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX is targeting Friday, 2024-11-08 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Astranis will work through the concept phase to advance its R-GPS design ahead of USSF plans to build and launch a proliferated fleet of more than 20 small GPS satellites.
Former President Donald Trump established the US Space Force and reestablished US Space Command.
The U.S. Space Force selected Rocket Lab to build and launch Victus Haze, a 2025 in-space surveillance mission that will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations with a True Anomaly satellite.
The US Space Force and US Space Command support military space technologies and national security satellites.
Rocket Lab received $24,000,000 from the U.S. Space Force to support work on Neutron’s second stage.
The U.S. Space Force requires Lane 1 bidders to be ready for a first launch by December 2025.
SpaceX targeted a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, 2024-11-03.
Starlink Group 3-10 will launch Starlink smallsats from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Monday, 2024-11-04 between 11:46 PM and 3:46 AM PST.
The National Reconnaissance Office typically procures specific launches through the U.S. Space Force rather than procuring those launches directly.
On Wednesday, 2024-10-30 at 5:07 a.m. PT, a Falcon 9 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 in California.
The U.S. Space Force opened the bidding process on 2024-10-30 for emerging space launch providers to compete for national security missions under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program.
ExoAnalytic Solutions is working closely with the U.S. Space Force and satellite operators to provide safety-of-flight services related to the Intelsat 33e debris.
Jeremy Leader is the Deputy Director of the Commercial Space Office (COMSO) at the US Space Force.
Falcon 9 launched the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, 2024-10-24 at 10:13 a.m. PT.
L3Harris Technologies supports the establishment of the US Space Force as a separate branch of the military.
The Falcon 9 liftoff for NROL-167 occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:13 p.m. Eastern.