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 first two WorldView Legion satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 2024-05-02.
The first two WorldView Legion satellites were launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 2024-05-02.
The inaugural pair of WorldView Legion satellites were launched on 2024-05-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
LinQuest supports the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, and other U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence agencies.
The U.S. Department of Defense allocated approximately $28,900,000,000 to the U.S. Space Force.
Air Marshal Paul Godfrey took a position with the U.S. Space Force headquarters staff on 2024-06-17.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 20 Starlink satellites.
The U.S. Space Force GPS III Program Office, in partnership with NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, delivered two laser retroreflector arrays to Lockheed Martin.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:35 p.m. Eastern on 2024-07-11.
Liftoff for the 2024-07-11 launch occurred at 7:32 p.m. PST from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Station.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2024-07-11.
The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission pair of communications satellites, planned to launch 2024-07 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, is facing a near-term delay due to the anomaly.
In 2020, the U.S. Space Force selected General Atomics, Orion Space Solutions, and Raytheon Technologies to design a prototype Electro-Optical Weather System satellite.
The U.S. Space Force is purchasing small weather satellites to replace the larger spacecraft launched under the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
Liftoff for the 2024-07-11 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was at 7:32 p.m. PST from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Station.
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink smallsats, including 13 Direct to Cell satellites, to low-Earth orbit on Thursday, 2024-07-11 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.
Alpha Flight 5 (FLTA005) lifted off from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:04 p.m. PDT on 2024-07-03.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched its Alpha Flight 5 (FLTA005) rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
A Thor missile is preserved inside a shed at the SLC-10 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, 2024-06-23 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 Station in California.