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 stage booster supporting the 2024-05-09 SLC-4E mission is flying for the fourth time after previously launching USSF-62 and two Starlink missions.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-05-09 for a Falcon 9 launch of 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.
Lt. Gen. David Miller leads the U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command.
United Launch Alliance signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. in Bristol, Rhode Island to design, oversee, and build a new ship to transport Vulcan rockets from the factory in Decatur, Alabama to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Raytheon, an RTX business, developed an advanced ground system for space-based missile warning that is operational at the U.S. Space Force’s Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC).
The second Falcon 9 launch on 2024-05-08 is from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Space Development Agency is an organization under the U.S. Space Force procuring the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture mesh network.
The Crew Flight Test mission is planned to lift off on Monday, 2024-05-06 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The first two WorldView Legion satellites were launched on 2024-05-02 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a pair of Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites on 2024-05-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
The U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019.
Space Launch Complex 4E has hosted 141 rocket launches, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California has been the site for 752 rocket launches.
Of the $29,400,000,000 requested for fiscal year 2025, about $23,000,000,000 is allocated to research, development, and procurement of new technologies for the Space Force.
SpaceX targeted Thursday, 2024-05-02 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 with liftoff targeted for 10:13 p.m. ET and backup opportunities available until 1:17 a.m. ET on Friday, 2024-05-03.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday, 2024-05-02 at 11:36 a.m. PT.
Since its inception in December 2019, the U.S. Space Force’s budget has nearly doubled to about $29,000,000,000.
Approximately $5,000,000,000 of the Space Force’s fiscal year 2025 proposal is allocated to satellite communications.
L3Harris secured a contract on 2024-05-02 to supply critical sensor technology to Millennium Space Systems for a constellation of eight satellites to be produced for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.
The Space Force requested $29,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
The Maxar 1 Falcon 9 first stage was planned to land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base after stage separation.