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 U.S. Space Force floated the idea of establishing a commercial space reserve in early 2023 to allow the military to tap private satellite operators during a conflict.
The Space Force is working to establish CASR and must negotiate binding agreements with satellite operators to do so.
The Space Force launched a new commercial strategy on 2024-04-23 to initiate talks with the private space industry about partnering on new business opportunities.
The Space Force created a $20,000,000 funding line over five years in its budget for space access, mobility, and logistics.
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, 2024-04-23 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and five Starlink missions.
The Pentagon has partially declassified some space electronic warfare technologies and exercises to enhance U.S. Space Force training.
BlueHalo completed a milestone demonstration of integrated backend mission services for the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Sensing Product Support Delta, completed the trial period of the Space-Based Infrared System Baseline Release SBR 23-1.
The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 and is now part of the U.S. Space Force.
L3Harris Technologies received an award for option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program from the U.S. Space Force worth up to $187,000,000.
SBR 23-1 achieved operational acceptance by the U.S. Space Force Space Operations Command Space Operations Center Missile Warning Mission Area Team.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, 2024-04-18 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.
A Falcon 9 was originally scheduled to launch from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2024-04-17 at 11:30 AM PDT (18:30 UTC) carrying two satellites with a combined mass of 1,500 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit.
United Launch Alliance is readying the Atlas V rocket for a flight test targeted for launch on 2024-05-06 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
After stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster will perform a land landing at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace launched an Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California three days before Christmas.
SSC Space Safari partnered with SpaceWERX to assist in the technical and commercial evaluation of True Anomaly and to support an emergent SBIR selection by Space Force leadership.
The Space Force’s 2025 budget proposal requests $597,000,000 for PTS satellites.
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command Space Safari Program Office partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit and SpaceWERX to execute the VICTUS HAZE on-orbit space domain awareness demonstration.