U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) is a field command of the U.S. Space Force responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities to protect the nation's strategic advantage in space. It manages a significant space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense and works with the joint forces, government agencies, academic institutions, industry, and allied organizations. SSC is responsible for space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics, including managing U.S. space launch ranges. Key partners include the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and commercial space industry partners.
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Space Systems Command has reorganized its procurement structure into nine portfolios.
Blue Origin is a prime contractor for NASA’s human landing system under the Artemis lunar initiative and for Space Systems Command national security launch missions.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command granted Impulse Space an on-ramp to the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program.
Impulse Space will coordinate with Space Systems Command engineers to establish a tiered mission assurance and risk-mitigation architecture for the vehicle.
Impulse Space will coordinate directly with Space Systems Command engineers under the initial $5 million capabilities assessment task order.
Space Systems Command required VICTUS HAZE to operate under strict, operationally realistic conditions.
SSC will task True Anomaly and Rocket Lab with additional missions over the coming weeks and months.
Rocket Lab VICTUS HAZE was conducted for the Space Systems Command of the U.S. Space Force through the Space Safari Program Office in collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit.
The House Appropriations Committee directed the Space Systems Command to reduce legacy single-vendor dependencies in military satellite communications procurement.
Space Systems Command selected Sedaro to develop a first-of-its-kind federated digital engineering platform.
Sedaro and Space Systems Command are replacing rigid, static documentation with dynamic, cloud-native digital twins for complex systems engineering.
Space Systems Command is using digital engineering to compress procurement timelines and verify structural dependencies before physical hardware arrives at a launchpad.
Rocket Lab achieved the fastest response time ever for a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command Tactically Responsive Space mission.
On May 26, 2026, Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion firm-fixed-price Other Transaction Authority delivery order for the Space Data Network Backbone.
The Space Development Agency and Space Systems Command should back the ten-year demand forecast with multi-year block buys where single-source risk is acute.
Rocket Lab conducted a responsive launch for the VICTUS HAZE mission for the U.S. Space Force and Space Systems Command.
VICTUS HAZE is a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Space Systems Command.
The Space Development Agency and Space Systems Command should publish a ten-year demand forecast for Golden Dome critical components.
Space Systems Command has awarded 12 Other Transaction Authority agreements worth a combined $3.2 billion for space-based interceptor prototype development under Golden Dome.
Space Systems Command has formalized the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve as a contractual framework for tapping commercial communications and imaging constellations during a national security emergency.