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 Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites on 2024-04-10 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The approximate 10-minute launch window for USSF-62 opens at 7:25 a.m. PT.
The Falcon 9 first stage supporting USSF-62 will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base following stage separation.
The Biden administration’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal seeks $29,400,000,000 for the Space Force.
The Space Force and U.S. Space Command submitted separate lists of programs collectively worth $2,300,000,000 that were not funded in the fiscal year 2025 budget request.
Tory Bruno committed on 2024-03-27 to returning Space Launch Complex-37 to the U.S. Space Force for future users after United Launch Alliance vacates the site.
The $29,000,000,000 allocated to the Space Force for fiscal year 2024 was below the $30,000,000,000 the service had requested for that year.
The Delta 4 Heavy lifted off at 12:53 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Rocket Lab USA was awarded a $14,490,000 task order by the U.S. Space Force to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2.
The U.S. Space Force received $29,000,000,000 in funding for fiscal year 2024 as part of a multi-agency spending package passed by Congress on 2024-03-21.
The fiscal year 2024 budget supports the Space Force’s major programs and enables the Space Development Agency to continue building a more resilient space architecture in low Earth orbit and deploying capabilities used to track hypersonic missiles.
Congress cut the Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget request by $1,000,000,000 due in part to the budget cap and mandatory obligations in other parts of the Department of Defense budget.
The Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget preserves funding for upgraded secure communications satellites and new missile-tracking sensor payloads.
The $29,000,000,000 fiscal year 2024 appropriation for the Space Force represents an increase from the $26,300,000,000 enacted for fiscal year 2023.
Rocket Lab was awarded a $14,490,000 task order by the U.S. Space Force to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. was awarded a $14,490,000 task order from the U.S. Space Force to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Rocket Lab a $14,400,000 contract to launch a Space Test Program experiment that will fly in very low Earth orbit.
SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct-to-Cell capabilities, on Saturday, 2024-04-06 at 7:25 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
SpaceX conducted its 23rd launch of the year on Friday, 2024-04-05 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites.
United Launch Alliance launches Atlas V vehicles from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral and from SLC-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.