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 spaceplane deployed an object into orbit that was first cataloged by U.S. Space Force space domain awareness teams on 2024-05-24.
The $28,700,000,000 allocated for the Space Force is about $900,000,000 less than the White House requested.
Earlier in the year the Space Force awarded Blue Origin nearly $18,000,000 for NSSL Phase 3 early integration studies to assess the capabilities of the New Glenn rocket.
On Thursday, 2024-06-13 between 8 AM and 12 PM PDT, SpaceX is scheduled to launch additional Starlink smallsats from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office and the Defense Information Systems Agency established a $900 million, 10-year IDIQ agreement for proliferated LEO satellite services with 20 vendors including SpaceX.
Pacific Crest Alliance has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Raft LLC has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Quantum Research International has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Omni Federal has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
The Space Force plans to buy two new narrowband communications satellites from either Lockheed Martin or Boeing to modernize the existing MUOS constellation.
Defense Unicorns has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Aalyria Technologies has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Integrated Solutions for Systems has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Northstrat Inc. has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
NewSat North America has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Rogue Space Systems has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Picogrid Inc. has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
True Anomaly has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Infinity Systems Engineering has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
a.i. solutions has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.