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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Roger Wicker stresses the need to procure classified Space Force programs currently under development at a larger scale.
SpaceX conducted a second launch on the same day, launching a group of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida earlier that morning.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the ESA and JAXA EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) mission on Tuesday, 2024-05-28 at 3:10 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:20 p.m. Eastern.
SpaceX launched the first set of satellites for its military version, Starshield, on May 22 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, 2024-05-28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX will launch EarthCARE on a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 3:20 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and six Starlink missions.
BlueHalo’s SCAR program is a $1,400,000,000 program that the U.S. Space Force Space RCO announced in May 2022 to significantly increase satellite control capacity.
The SCAR program covers initial design through full-rate production and will deliver a fleet of transportable, ground-based phased-array antennas and accompanying ground electronics and software to provide robust, flexible command and control capabilities for U.S. Space Force satellites.
The Space Force forecasts a $58,000,000 to $68,000,000 contract opportunity for U.S. Central Command network architecture and contingency requirements.
NROL-146 was previously scheduled for launch on 2024-05-19 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 4:00 a.m. Eastern on 2024-05-22.
The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office released projections for satellite communications contracts expected to be awarded over the next 12 months.
Falcon 9 launched the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Wednesday, 2024-05-22 at 1:00 a.m. PT.
The Space Force forecasts a $45,000,000 to $55,000,000 contract opportunity for National Guard Bureau C4I satellite services.
The EarthCARE mission, a joint Earth science mission of ESA and JAXA, is scheduled to launch on 2024-05-28 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The NROL-146 mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, 2024-05-22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Space Force plans to acquire next-generation geostationary satellites over the next decade.