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 fiscal year 2024 defense budget created a new, separate program element that allows the Space Force to establish a funding line for commercial services.
True Anomaly’s space vehicle will launch from either Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida or Vandenberg Space Force Base in California via a rapid rideshare.
The Space Force continues to procure GPS IIIF satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, USSPACECOM commander, hosted French Air and Space General Philippe Lavigne, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for discussions on the role of space to the NATO Alliance on 2024-04-08.
A True Anomaly Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV) will launch from either Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida or Vandenberg Space Force Base in California once VICTUS HAZE is activated.
The U.S. Space Force will fund $30,000,000 of a total $60,000,000 VICTUS HAZE effort and True Anomaly will leverage $30,000,000 of private capital.
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket launched on 2024-04-09 at 12:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
On Thursday, 2024-04-11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Victus Haze is part of the Space Force’s effort to develop more agile space systems similar to the Victus Nox mission that launched in September on a Firefly rocket.
Once activated, a True Anomaly Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV) will launch from either Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida or Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force is undertaking a comprehensive overhaul of the IT infrastructure used at mission control centers at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Rocket Lab has a growing list of U.S. Space Force programs that includes launching the Space Test Program’s Monolith satellite on Electron in 2021.
The U.S. Space Force has ordered a second WSF-M satellite projected to be delivered by 2028.
In February 2024 SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, deploying six U.S. missile defense satellites for the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.
On 2024-04-11, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly secured contracts to launch a tactically responsive space mission for the U.S. Space Force.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 7:25 a.m. Pacific.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force weather monitoring satellite on 2024-04-11.
The Space Force will evaluate commercial systems based on their ability to improve resilience and reduce risks to military users, including the ability to protect themselves or operate effectively under contested circumstances.
PUMA is designed as the first member of a family of modular in-space propulsion systems to support United States Space Force, NASA, and commercial missions requiring advanced sustained maneuver and Dynamic Space Operations capabilities.
The U.S. Space Force plans an annual on-ramping process under Lane 1 that is expected to continue until 2034.