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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Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit on Thursday, 2024-09-12 at 4:52 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
A Falcon 9 carrying the Block 1 BlueBird spacecraft lifted off at 4:52 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and released all five satellites into low Earth orbit about 68 minutes later.
Proponents of the Space Force’s 2019 creation argued at the time that establishing the service would reorganize existing Air Force space personnel and assets with minimal additional costs.
The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget was $29,000,000,000.
The U.S. Space Force requested $30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
The U.S. Space Force’s enacted budget for fiscal year 2023 was $26,300,000,000.
The Space Force is pushing for increased investment in space launch services, which are currently budgeted at $1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 annually.
The Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office issued a request for information on 2024-09-06 on automated satellite communications network orchestration.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on 2024-06-05 aboard Starliner for NASA’s Boeing Crewed Flight Test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Freedom Space Technologies, a subsidiary of Atlas Space Operations, partnered with defense contractor Omni Federal to develop a ground system for U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellites.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-09-05 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Space Force are developing procedures to work side-by-side to collect and distribute space-based intelligence to military users worldwide.
The Yaogan-43 (01) mission, launched in August, had nine stars on its mission patch and later had nine satellites cataloged in orbit by U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 2.
SpaceX targeted a Group 9-5 Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base with liftoff targeted for 2024-08-30 at 9:58 p.m. PT and backup opportunities until 1:48 a.m. PT.
A Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2024-08-31 at 3:43 a.m. ET.
The Starlink 9-5 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4 East on 2024-08-31 at 1:48 p.m. PDT (4:48 a.m. EDT/0848 GMT).
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 3:43 a.m. Eastern on 2024-08-31, placing 21 Starlink satellites into orbit.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4E at 4:48 a.m. Eastern on 2024-08-31, placing 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency, which is part of the U.S. Space Force, is building the PWSA with a dedicated tracking layer for real-time detection and monitoring of ballistic missile threats.
ThinkOrbital has hired retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw as an advisor.